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Indi Lake

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36: 671: 269: 69: 657: 76: 43: 226:. The lake was created for irrigation and recreation in 1967 by a dam located at its south end. The lake is part of a greater irrigation and aqueduct system built in the 1960s in Saskatchewan and was named after Indi, an unincorporated railway point nearby on the 245:. Indi Lake is the shallower of the two lakes and has a more marsh-like bottom; both lake beds were farmed during dry seasons prior the dams being constructed. A short creek at the south end of the lake connects it to 292:(with a height of 7.9 m (26 ft) and length of 1,116 m (3,661 ft)) is also operated by Saskatchewan Water Security Agency and was also constructed in 1967. 712: 295:
The dams at Indi and Blackstrap lake and the channel that brings water from Indi to Blackstrap Lake are part of a much larger system that brings water from the
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The lake sits in the Blackstrap Coulee, which is 25 kilometres (16 mi) long and consists of two lakes,
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through a series of aqueducts to the area. The aqueduct system starts at the
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and was constructed in 1967; the dam stores water to supply the village of
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and supplies water downstream to other reservoirs as well, including
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Aqueducts and dams on Indi Lake and Blackstrap Lake
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Indi Lake is located in Saskatchewan
Indi Lake is located in Canada
Saskatchewan
51°42′00″N 106°30′02″W / 51.70000°N 106.50056°W / 51.70000; -106.50056
Type
Reservoir
Primary inflows
aqueduct
Lake Diefenbaker
Basin
Canada
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Rural Municipality of Dundurn No. 314
Canadian National Railway
Blackstrap Lake
aqueduct
Lake Diefenbaker
Brightwater Creek
Important Bird Area
Highway 11

Blackstrap North Dam
Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
Thode
Blackstrap South Dam
South Saskatchewan River
Gardiner Dam
Lake Diefenbaker
Brightwater

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