It was built in the 1880s by the Canadian Pacific Railway, for irrigation of the area between Calgary and Strathmore. It is now used mainly for recreation purposes, such as swimming, windsurfing, fishing and skating (in winter). The City of Chestermere surrounds the lake on all sides. The Trans-Canada Highway follows the northeastern shore, while the railway tracks pass by the southern shore.
The lake covers a surface of 2.65 square kilometres (1.02 square miles) and has a maximum depth of 7 metres (23 feet).[1] It drains into two irrigation canals and is filled via a canal from the Bow River along Radisson Heights.
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^Atlas of Alberta Lakes July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - Chestermere Lake
chestermere, lake, made, reservoir, chestermere, alberta, canada, winterlocationchestermere, albertacoordinates51, 03889, 81861, 03889, 81861typereservoirbasin, countriescanadamax, length5, width0, surface, area2, depth7, surface, elevation1, built, 1880s, can. Chestermere Lake is a man made reservoir in Chestermere Alberta Canada Chestermere Lakein winterChestermere LakeLocationChestermere AlbertaCoordinates51 02 20 N 113 49 07 W 51 03889 N 113 81861 W 51 03889 113 81861TypereservoirBasin countriesCanadaMax length5 km 3 1 mi Max width0 7 km 0 43 mi Surface area2 65 km2 1 02 sq mi Max depth7 m 23 ft Surface elevation1 028 m 3 373 ft It was built in the 1880s by the Canadian Pacific Railway for irrigation of the area between Calgary and Strathmore It is now used mainly for recreation purposes such as swimming windsurfing fishing and skating in winter The City of Chestermere surrounds the lake on all sides The Trans Canada Highway follows the northeastern shore while the railway tracks pass by the southern shore The lake covers a surface of 2 65 square kilometres 1 02 square miles and has a maximum depth of 7 metres 23 feet 1 It drains into two irrigation canals and is filled via a canal from the Bow River along Radisson Heights References edit Atlas of Alberta Lakes Archived July 19 2011 at the Wayback Machine Chestermere Lake nbsp This Calgary Metropolitan Region location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chestermere Lake amp oldid 1068327394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
