Suggi Lake[2] is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Suggi is Cree for "pelican". The lake is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Cumberland House in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. There is no road access to the lake and there are no communities along its shores.
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  Suggi Lake Location in Saskatchewan  Suggi Lake Suggi Lake (Canada) | |
| Location | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
| Coordinates | 54°22′00″N 102°47′02″W / 54.3667°N 102.7838°W |
| Primary inflows | Grassberry River |
| Primary outflows | Grassberry River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Surface area | 12,106.2 ha (29,915 acres)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Islands |
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| Settlements | None |
Suggi Lake is an important habitat for American white pelicans and is part of an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada.[3] Scheelhaase Island Wildlife Refuge (54°21′00″N 102°49′02″W / 54.3501°N 102.8171°W),[4] which encompasses Scheelhaase Island near the middle of the lake, is a 5-hectare (12-acre) provincial wildlife refuge that is important for migratory birds.[5]
Description
editSuggi Lake is situated along the course of Grassberry River, which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River. The Grassberry River,[6] which begins at Sarginson Lake to the north, enters Suggi Lake on the northern shore and flows out at the eastern end. From the eastern end of the lake, Grassberry River flows directly into Windy Lake and then carries on in a south-west direction where it flows into the Saskatchewan River Delta. Suggi Lake is in the boreal forest ecozone and most of it is surrounded by muskeg and bogs. The south-western shore of the lake has a sandy loam soil.[7][8][9]
Suggi Lake IBA
editSuggi Lake (SK 104) Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada encompasses all of Suggi Lake, the western edge of Windy Lake, and much of the surrounding landscape totalling an area of 299.78 km2 (115.75 sq mi). The lake is important for many colonial nesting birds, including the American white pelican, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, California gull, ring-billed gull, herring gull, and the common tern. Two long, skinny islands in the western part of the lake are especially important for American white pelicans.[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Suggi Lake". Angler's Atlas. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Suggi Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Map of Suggi Lake in Saskatchewan". Cartographic.info. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Scheelhaase Island Wildlife Refuge". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Scheelhaase Island". ProtectedPlanet. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Grassberry River". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Ecoregions of Saskatchewan". usask. University of Saskatchewan. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Suggi Lake". Tageo. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Maps showing Suggi Lake, Saskatchewan". Canmaps. Yellow Maps. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Suggi Lake". IBA Canada. Birds Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Suggi Lake". Datazone. BirdLife International. Retrieved 12 June 2023.