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thick enough to walk on, snowmobile on, and even drive vehicles on, from mid-December to early March. During this winter season, snowmobile riding and ice fishing are primary recreations on the lake, while the surrounding park has facilities for both downhill and cross country skiing. Approximately 80 cm of snow accumulates in the area through the winter, slowly building depth until it begins to actively melt in spring, usually from early March through to early April. The lake itself is however usually not completely clear of ice until early May. The "summer season" traditionally starts on
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relatively shallow with a largely flat bottom, making even a small change in water level noticeable at the lakeshore. The shoreline had become disagreeably mucky as a result of the decline in water level. And an outlet stream draining the lake to the north ceased flowing in the early 1970s, increasing concerns of
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remains fairly isolated even at its current water level. However, a heavily beaver-dammed creek allows the slow drainage of its waters to the north. Water level control structures at the creek outlet provides some control over the lake's water level. Lake water eventually enters Bear Head Lake at the
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Saskatchewan features extreme seasonal variation, with winter temperatures below −30 °C and summer temperatures above +30 °C not uncommon. The lake therefore has very distinct seasons. It is ice covered in winter, usually from mid-November to mid-April. And the ice is
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Also of concern is the lake's fluctuating water level, which had dropped by more than a metre between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. The lake, being located on a rise of land, has a very small cachement area and so its level is very susceptible to variations in annual rainfall. The lake is also
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and stagnation of the lake water. However, the lake had by the late 1990s risen again by some 60 cm from its lowest levels of the late 1970s. While welcome, this rise drowned many young trees along the water edge, particularly on the north shore which became clothed in dead saplings. Emergent
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The variable water level has also caused other recent changes to the lake. At the time of lowest water level in the late 1970s, the lake's largest island, Spruce Island, was connected by dry land to the mainland, and a large gravel bar in the lake's north basin was exposed. Now, however, the land
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weekend (early
September). The lake is warm enough for comfortable swimming from early July to late August, although hardy souls may extend this season by several weeks. The spring and fall seasons (March and April, and October and November, respectively) are the quietest times on the lake, as
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Mountain Provincial Park. Bear Head Lake is then in turn drained by Bear Head Creek, which continues north-east, crossing the Manitoba boundary, to join the Swan River on its journey to Swan Lake. Madge Lake is therefore part of the Swan River
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forest in contrast to the younger deciduous forest of the surrounding shore, and thus the island received its name. However, the aging of the lakeshore forest means Spruce Island's forest is no longer visually distinctive. The forest is in a protected area called
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trees that sprouted after the fires only started dying off in numbers in the 1980s. Before this time, the lake shore forest was dominated by deciduous trees. Therefore, for much of the 20th century, Spruce Island (which had escaped the fires) had a conspicuous
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its development potential and there exists considerable opposition to further development. Some proposed development projects - such as the increase in the number of cottages along the lake's northeastern shore - have been shelved, and probably abandoned.
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that bred there. These two species are no longer commonly seen on the lake now that their breeding site has drowned, but the recent rise in water level is to the apparent benefit of the lake's
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corridor to Spruce Island is resubmerged, and Spruce Island is once again an island. The once-exposed gravel bar has similarly been resubmerged, becoming a hazard to
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703:"Duck Mountain Lodge - Located in Duck Mountain Provincial Park"
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762:"Fish Species of Saskatchewan - Publications Centre"
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999:St. Philips No. 301, Saskatchewan
792:"Explore Madge Lake - Sask Lakes"
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664:List of lakes of Saskatchewan
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338:Duck Mountain Provincial Park
326:Duck Mountain Provincial Park
128:Duck Mountain Provincial Park
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1004:Division No. 9, Saskatchewan
547:(and so can be described as
27:Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
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989:Cote No. 271, Saskatchewan
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685:"Place names - Madge Lake"
391:There are four species of
332:Recreational opportunities
290:not a well-defined measure
269:600 m (2,000 ft)
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81:Show map of Saskatchewan
78:Location in Saskatchewan
18:Madge Lake, Saskatchewan
844:List of lakes of Canada
229:5 km (3.1 mi)
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994:Lakes of Saskatchewan
924:Northwest Territories
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336:Madge Lake serves as
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772:on 3 November 2015
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161:51.667°N 101.633°W
114:Show map of Canada
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917:Territories
888:Nova Scotia
801:27 November
599:paper birch
549:mesotrophic
497:common loon
429:tiger trout
374:tobagganing
218:Max. length
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139:Coordinates
983:Categories
776:12 January
717:12 January
670:References
595:balsam fir
573:bottom. A
568:calcareous
477:Phragmites
446:Labour Day
384:and other
366:snowmobile
311:Highway 57
299:Madge Lake
250:Max. depth
226:Max. width
105:Madge Lake
72:Madge Lake
46:Madge Lake
35:Madge Lake
856:Provinces
616:evergreen
611:deciduous
607:deciduous
553:limestone
545:eutrophic
534:watershed
525:hydrology
519:Hydrology
393:game fish
386:waterfowl
350:bicycling
315:Highway 5
953:Category
873:Manitoba
658:See also
557:buffered
368:riding,
354:swimming
152:101°38′W
124:Location
929:Nunavut
893:Ontario
863:Alberta
636:walleye
485:boating
435:Climate
417:walleye
397:walleye
358:boating
342:fishing
307:Kamsack
279:Islands
149:51°40′N
903:Quebec
650:, and
648:burbot
587:climax
505:beaver
503:, and
475:, and
409:burbot
407:, and
346:hiking
208:Canada
934:Yukon
473:Typha
382:ducks
202:Basin
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632:Fish
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