Carlyle Lake Resort
White Bear Lake Resort | |
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Hamlet | |
White Bear Lake Resort | |
Coordinates: 49°45′00″N 102°16′02″W / 49.75°N 102.2672°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Saskatchewan |
Census division | Division No. 1 |
Indian reserve | White Bear 70 |
Hamlet | December 31, 1972 |
Elevation | 763 m (2,503 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 691 |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0C 2S0 |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways | Highway 9 |
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White Bear Lake Resort, formerly known as Carlyle Lake Resort, is a hamlet in White Bear Band Indian reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is situated on the south shore of White Bear Lake, formally Carlyle Lake. The lake is often written as White Bear (Carlyle) Lake on maps. On 31 December 1972, Carlyle Lake Resort was dissolved as a village; it was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Reservation of White Bear Band on that date.[4] The hamlet is located about 14 km north of the Town of Carlyle on highway 9.
White Bear Lake Resort is also home to the 18-hole White Bear Golf Course.[5]
White Bear (Carlyle) Lake[]
White Bear Lake is a closed-basin lake in the Moose Mountain Upland. Next to Kenosee Lake, it is the second largest lake on the plateau. It is found at 49°46'0"N and 102°15'1.8"W at an elevation of 734 metres above sea level. It has a surface area of 893 hectares and a shoreline of 27.5 kilometres.
Originally the lake was named Carlyle Lake by the first European settlers to the area. In the late 1970s control of the lake was handed over to the White Bear First Nations and at that time the lake was renamed White Bear Lake.
Beaver are not native to Moose Mountain. In 1923, two breeding pairs from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan were brought to neaby Kenosee Lake. The beavers flourished and soon dams were blocking inflow creeks to Kenosee, but White Bear Lake too.[6] According to aerial photographs, the surface of White Bear Lake in 1928 was 737 metres asl. By 1945, it had dropped to 732 m. In 1954, four beaver dams in area were destroyed, which helped raise lake levels. By the late 1950s, the lake recovered to 735 m. Without continued intervention regarding dams, the lake level began to fall again and by 2008, it had dropped to 728 metres.[7]
In 2008, the Moose Mountain Water Resource Management Corp. partnered with Moose Mountain Provincial Park to control beavers in and around the park through trapping and by blasting beaver dams. Once again, lake levels began to rise. The eventual goal is to raise Kenosee Lake levels enough so that it flows into White Bear Lake, which hasn't happened since 1928.[8]
See also[]
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of Saskatchewan
- List of lakes of Saskatchewan
- List of golf courses in Saskatchewan
References[]
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
- ^ http://www.whitebeargolf.com/
- ^ https://www.carlyleobserver.com/news/local-news/moose-mountain-water-resource-management-corp-focused-on-beaver-management-plan-1.1485656
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Water-level-data-for-Waldsea-Fishing-Lenore-Little-Quill-and-Big-Quill-Lakes-SK_fig5_250390539
- ^ https://www.carlyleobserver.com/news/local-news/moose-mountain-water-resource-management-corp-focused-on-beaver-management-plan-1.1485656
Coordinates: 49°45′28″N 102°17′04″W / 49.7578°N 102.2844°W
- Former villages in Saskatchewan
- Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
- Lakes of Saskatchewan
- Populated places disestablished in 1972