Rusty Lake[1] is a lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park[2] in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest ecozone of Canada.[3] The lake is the first of six notable lakes in the Rusty Creek[4] watershed part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park. The other lakes include First Mustus, Second Mustus, Third Mustus, Peitahigan, and Fourth Mustus.

Rusty Lake
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Location	Meadow Lake Provincial Park,  Saskatchewan
Coordinates	54.4168°N 108.7674°W / 54.4168; -108.7674
Primary inflows	Rusty Creek
Primary outflows	Rusty Creek
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	172.1 ha (425 acres)
Max. depth	10.06 m (33.0 ft)
Shore length1	8.42 km (5.23 mi)
Surface elevation	471 m (1,545 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Rusty Lake, Rusty Creek, and the other lakes are part of the Waterhen River drainage basin. The Waterhen River is a tributary of the Beaver River, which flows north into Lac Île-à-la-Crosse and the Churchill River, a major tributary in the Hudson Bay drainage basin.[5] Highway 224 runs along the northern shore of Rusty Lake.[6]

Fish species

Fish species found in the lake include northern pike, walleye and yellow perch.[7][8]

See also

• List of lakes of Saskatchewan
• Tourism in Saskatchewan

References

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