Upper Fishing Lake[1] is a lake in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in Narrow Hills Provincial Park.[2] It is situated in a glacier-formed valley in the Cub Hills[3] and the boreal forest[4] ecozone of Canada. It is located north-west of the larger Lower Fishing Lake along the course of Caribou Creek and is accessed from the Hanson Lake Road.[5] Caribou Creek, and the lake's other inflow, a river that flows south from Stickley Lake, flow into the lake at its north-western point. Caribou Creek flows out of the lake at its south-eastern point.[6][7] The Fishing Lakes Fire of 1977 burned much of the region upstream and around the lake. As a result, the area is now dominated by jack pine, which is a tree species that is well adapted fire burned forests.[8]

Upper Fishing Lake
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Location	Narrow Hills Provincial Park,  Saskatchewan
Coordinates	54.0567°N 104.6603°W / 54.0567; -104.6603
Primary inflows	Caribou Creek
Primary outflows	Caribou Creek
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	51 ha (130 acres)
Max. depth	14.91 m (48.9 ft)
Shore length1	5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Surface elevation	499 m (1,637 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

At the south-east corner of the lake, near where Caribou Creek flows out, is Caribou Creek Lodge. The lodge is accessed from Hanson Lake Road and features a motel, cabins, a dining room, fuel, and a convenience store.[9]

Fish species

Fish commonly found in Upper Fishing Lake include northern pike and walleye.[10]

See also

• List of lakes of Saskatchewan
• List of protected areas of Saskatchewan
• Tourism in Saskatchewan
• Hudson Bay drainage basin

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