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{{Short description|Lake in western Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox body of water
| name = Primrose Lake
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| pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada
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| location = [[Division No. 18, Saskatchewan]] / [[Lac La Biche County]], [[Alberta]]
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| inflow = Calder River
| outflow = [[Martineau River]]
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| area = {{cvt|444|km2}}
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| elevation = {{cvt|559|m}}
| islands = {{hlist|Shinnan Island | Backes Island |Baker Island | Bailey Island | Beaconsfield Island | Disraeli Island}}
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'''Primrose Lake'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HARUH|title=Place names - Primrose Lake|first=Natural Resources Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca}}</ref> is a large [[lake]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian provinces]] of [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Alberta]] in the [[Churchill River (Hudson Bay)|Churchill River]] [[drainage basin]]. The lake straddles the Saskatchewan / Alberta border, with most of the water surface in Saskatchewan with only the south-west corner of the lake in Alberta. On the Saskatchewan side of the lake is Backes Island Wildlife Refuge, which is a small protected island near the middle of the lake that is important to birds.<ref>{{cite web |title= Backes Island Wildlife Refuge |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAWAW|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> The entire lake plus surrounding land totalling {{cvt|1259.52|km2}} is part of an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) of Canada.

== Description ==
Primrose Lake has a total surface area of {{cvt|444|km2}}, {{cvt|17.7|km2}} of which is in Alberta, and an elevation of {{convert|559|m}}. It lies within [[muskeg]] and the [[Boreal forest of Canada|boreal forest]] ecozone of Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boreal Plains Ecozone |url=http://ecozones.ca/english/zone/BorealPlains/index.html |website=ecozones |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> There are several rivers and creeks that flow into the lake with Calder River on the northern shore being the primary inflow. [[Martineau River]] is the lake's outflow and it starts on the southern shore and flows in a south-westerly direction into Cold Lake in Alberta. To the east of the lake are the Mostoos Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAMNX|title=Place names - Mostoos Hills|first=Natural Resources Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca}}</ref> Besides the aforementioned Martineau River and Cold Lake, the waters of Primrose Lake flow through multiple rivers and lakes en route to the Churchill River, including [[Cold River (Saskatchewan)|Cold River]], [[Pierce Lake (Saskatchewan)|Pierce Lake]], Lepine Lake, [[Lac des Îles (Saskatchewan)|Lac des Îles]], [[Waterhen River (Saskatchewan)|Waterhen River]], [[Waterhen Lake (Saskatchewan)|Waterhen Lake]], [[Beaver River (Canada)|Beaver River]], and [[Lac Île-à-la-Crosse]].

== Primrose Lake IBA ==
The '''Primrose Lake (SK 092)''' IBA encompasses the entire lake and much of the surrounding landscape. Most of the IBA is in Saskatchewan but the western boundary is in Alberta. The lake is surrounded by [[Boreal forest of Canada|boreal forests]] and has a [[Subarctic|sub-arctic]] climate. There are several islands in the lake that support colonial nesting birds with Backes Island ({{Coord|54.9583|-109.7073|display=inline}}) being the most prominent. Backes Island has been designated a [[List of protected areas of Saskatchewan#Wildlife refuges|provincial wildlife refuge]]. Birds found on the island and elsewhere in the IBA include the [[American white pelican]], [[double-crested cormorant]], [[common tern]], [[California gull]], [[great blue heron]], [[ring-billed gull]], and the [[American herring gull|herring gull]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibacanada.org/mobile/site.jsp?siteID=SK092&lang=en|title = Primrose Lake (SK092)}}</ref>

== Launch Site ==
The south-west corner of Primrose Lake ({{coord|54|45|N|110|03|W|scale:250000}}) in Alberta was used as [[Rocket launch site|launch site]] for sounding rockets of the types super Loki and Arcas in Canada. The first launch was on 5 April 1968 and the last one was 11 September 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/p/primroselake.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195114/http://astronautix.com/p/primroselake.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2016|title = Primrose Lake}}</ref>

== Fish species ==
The fish species include [[walleye]], [[sauger]], [[yellow perch]], [[northern pike]], [[lake trout]], [[lake whitefish]], [[cisco (fish)|cisco]], [[white sucker]], [[longnose sucker]], and [[burbot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/690543/primrose-lake|title = Angler's Atlas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fishbrain.com/fishing-waters/WqJwH2wI/primrose-lake|title = Fishing in Primrose Lake}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of lakes of Saskatchewan]]
*[[List of lakes of Alberta]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151103002043/http://www.publications.gov.sk.ca/details.cfm?p=11115 Fish Species of Saskatchewan]

{{Canada topic|List of lakes of}}
{{Alberta rivers and lakes}}
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[[Category:Lakes of Alberta]]
[[Category:Lakes of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Borders of Alberta]]
[[Category:Borders of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Division No. 18, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Saskatchewan]]

Primrose Lake - Revision history

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