Buffalo Lake
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Buffalo Lake is a large lake in central Alberta. It is located in at the limit between Camrose County, the County of Stettler No. 6 and Lacombe County, approximately 40 km (25 mi) east of Red Deer.
The lake lies in the Red Deer River basin, and has a water surface of 93.5 km2 and a drainage area of 1,440 km2.
The recreational areas of Boss Hill, Rochon Sands, White Sands, Scenic Sands, Buffalo Sands. Pelican Point, Pelican View Estates (PVE), and The Narrows are established on the shores of the lake, as is the Rochon Sands Provincial Park.
Buffalo Lake is unique in Alberta in that it is actively "managed" via actively controlled inflow pumped in from the Red Deer River via Parlby Creek, and outflow back into the Red Deer River via Tail Creek. Due to the lake's shallowness and lack of natural outflows, its water level used to fluctuate more than other lakes, so projects to manage the lake's water level were built and began operation in 1996.
The lake has three main bays. The Main Bay is 6.5 meters at its deepest point and has two islands. Secondary Bay is smaller, and has one large island which is privately owned. Parlby Bay, also known as Mirror Bay, is much smaller than the other bays and has Parlby Creek flowing through it.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.