4+Kenosee+Lake,+Saskatchewan

Hello from Kenosee Lake, SK, which is in the Moose Mountain Provincial Park!



This is a very unique part of Southern Saskatchewan. Initially this area was covered by glaciers, and when they melted they formed lots of little lakes, and our one main lake. They also left this area a little higher than other areas, so we have a very unique forest here. It is an extensive aspen and birch forest and is quite different from the surrounding grassland. They say the Moose Mountain area is like an island of forest in a sea of grass! 80% of the park is forest, 15% is lake, 3% is marsh, which just leaves us a little bit of land for our resort!

The most unique part of the forest are the birch trees, which are not found anywhere else in southern Saskatchewan. We have a rare forest here of mature white birch trees, because we have a higher elevation and a slightlycooler and wetter temperature than the surrounding areas.



There are only about 400 people who live here year round (which grows to about 4000 people in the summer), but we share our space nicely with animals, especially the deer that seem quite at home in our streets and yards! We have lots of animals here, especially moose, as you could guess from the name of our park! We also have lots of birds - one neat feature of our lake is this small island called bird island, and if you go boating by you will see thousands of sea gulls as well as cranes, pelicans, and blue herons! They live safely out on the little island so no predators can reach them! Another neat animal we have in the area is wild turkeys - check out this picture of one that flew into our back yard!



There are so many fun activities to do here including camping, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, golfing, mini-golfing, tobbogganning, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, boating, tennis, and of course the waterslides!





Hopefully you can come visit our area one day!