Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan
Waskesiu Lake
Waskesiu | |
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  Waskesiu Lake  Waskesiu Lake | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′0″N 106°5′2″W / 53.91667°N 106.08389°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 18 |
| Rural Municipality | Prince Albert National Park |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Parks Canada |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 156 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Hwy 263, Hwy 264 |
Waskesiu Lake, also referred to as Waskesiu, is a hamlet in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] The hamlet is the only town within the park, located on the southern shore of Waskesiu Lake, is about 90 km (56 mi) north of Prince Albert.[3]
Most facilities and services one would expect to find in a multi-use park are available, such as souvenir shops, small grocery stores, a gas station, a laundromat, restaurants, hotels and motels, rental cabins, a small movie theatre (which adds showings on rainy and cold days), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment, camp grounds, three marinas, many beaches, picnic areas, tennis courts and lawn bowling greens. The facilities and services combine recreational and nature experiences. Notably, the park contains the Waskesiu Golf Course designed by famed golf course architect Stanley Thompson who also designed the course in Banff National Park.[4]
Climate
Waskesiu experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc). The highest temperature ever recorded in Waskesiu was 36.5 °C (98 °F) on 5 June 1988.[5] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −48.3 °C (−55 °F) on 21 January 1935.[5]
| Climate data for Waskesiu Lake, 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1934–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
−30.0 (−22.0) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.6 (0.61) |
16.0 (0.63) |
21.7 (0.85) |
27.0 (1.06) |
46.9 (1.85) |
71.3 (2.81) |
86.1 (3.39) |
64.7 (2.55) |
57.9 (2.28) |
31.3 (1.23) |
19.0 (0.75) |
22.2 (0.87) |
479.7 (18.89) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.02 (0.00) |
0.3 (0.01) |
5.5 (0.22) |
18.5 (0.73) |
45.6 (1.80) |
71.3 (2.81) |
86.1 (3.39) |
64.7 (2.55) |
57.5 (2.26) |
22.5 (0.89) |
3.5 (0.14) |
0.0 (0.0) |
375.4 (14.78) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 13.5 (5.3) |
17.1 (6.7) |
15.6 (6.1) |
8.5 (3.3) |
1.3 (0.5) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.4 (0.2) |
8.8 (3.5) |
15.6 (6.1) |
23.5 (9.3) |
104.2 (41.0) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6][5][7] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Prince Albert National Park, Unorganized [Census subdivision], Saskatchewan". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. November 16, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Waskesiu Community Council". Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ "Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan". Geographic Place names. Government of Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Course History". Waskesiu Golf Club. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ a b c "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Waskesiu Lake". Environment Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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