Blackstrap Lake

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rdf:langString Blackstrap Lake

rdf:langString Blackstrap Lake

rdf:langString Sunset at Blackstrap Lake

rdf:langString Earthen aqueduct from Lake Diefenbaker

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rdf:langString Blackstrap Lake is a man-made reservoir in central Saskatchewan, Canada, south of Saskatoon in the rural municipality of Dundurn No. 314. The lake was created as a reservoir in 1967, as part of the Saskatoon South East Water Supply System. Blackstrap Lake has an area of 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) (14.4 km x 0.8-1.2 km at a depth of 5.14 m) and is generally used to support irrigation, and the industrial and municipal water supply. The Blackstrap Coulee, or Valley, is an ancient spillway created by the melting of the Wisconsin glacier. Two formerly small and marshy lakes, Theresa Lake and Blackstrap Lake, were in the area now covered by the reservoir. First Nations peoples used the valley for hunting and shelter. European settlers farmed the flat land of the valley during dry seasons. Some of this flat land forms the present lake bed and is an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada. The SK 078 Blackstrap Coulee IBA covers an area of 7,646.31 ha (18,894.4 acres) and includes Blackstrap Lake and neighbouring Indi Lake. Blackstrap Lake is a major part of Blackstrap Provincial Park. A recreation area was established soon after the completion of the lake, and further developed with a ski hill for the 1971 Canada Winter Games. The provincial park was established in 1986.