Lac Santé

Lac Santé
Lac Santé
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Location	County of Two Hills No. 21 / County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta
Coordinates	53°50′33″N 111°33′14″W / 53.84250°N 111.55389°W
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	10.4 km (6.5 mi)
Max. width	3.9 km (2.4 mi)
Average depth	9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth	27 m (89 ft)

Lac Santé^[1] is an Albertan lake best known for boating and other watersports. It has an area of 1,003 ha (2,478 acres)^[2] and is located in northern Alberta between Two Hills and St. Paul, the nearest town is Foisy. Lac Santé has two public boat launches, one in each County. There is also a public day use area at the Two Hills county boat launch.

In 1993 it was home to 150 breeding western grebes but by 2008 there were none left.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lac Santé". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ Vermeer, Kees (1973). "Some Aspects of the Nesting Requirements of Common Loons in Alberta". The Wilson Bulletin. 85 (4): 429–435. JSTOR 4160388.
^ Erickson, Mara (2012). Status of the Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) in Alberta: Update 2012. Alberta Conservation Association. p. 17. ISBN 9781460100332.

External links

Lac Santé, Alberta - Boundary (GIS data, polygon features) from Open government portal, Government of Alberta

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[cgndb-1] "Lac Santé". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.

[2] Vermeer, Kees (1973). "Some Aspects of the Nesting Requirements of Common Loons in Alberta". The Wilson Bulletin. 85 (4): 429–435. JSTOR 4160388.

[3] Erickson, Mara (2012). Status of the Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) in Alberta: Update 2012. Alberta Conservation Association. p. 17. ISBN 9781460100332.

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