There are many lakes in the Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347. This is about Castlewood Lake, Biggar Trout Pond, Springwater Lake and Coopers Lake.
Castlewood Lake's beach.Water snails that can be found at Biggar Trout Pond.Castlewood LakeCastlewood lake's first peninsula (shown off the end of it).Castlewood Lake as seen from the east side.Biggar Trout PondPlant life at Castlewood Lake.
Castlewood Lake is located about 4.4 km west of Biggar, Saskatchewan. It is accessible from highways 14 and 51. It has a beach, dam, 4 peninsulas and an island.[1] It is about 5 km long and 50 m wide at the widest point. At the deepest point it is about 4 m deep.
The Biggar Trout Pond is located about 2 km north of Biggar. It is accessible from Highway 4. It has an aerator, a grill, a fishing bridge, covered picnic areas and an island (sometimes bigger sometimes smaller depending on water levels. Also, depending on water levels, there might be 2 islands)[2] It is about 200 m wide and 200 m long. It is about 1.5 m deep. It is stocked with Trout by local volunteers.[3]
Coopers Lake is located about 4.5 km west of Biggar; right beside Castlewood Lake. It is accessible from highway 14. It is about 200 m long by 50 m wide and 4 m deep.[4]
Springwater Lake is located about 20 km away from Biggar, Saskatchewan. It is accessible from different gravel roads; as well as HWY. 51. It is 20 km long and 500 m wide. It is about 4 m deep (gradually dropping to 2 m; then dropping off to 4 m.)
Castlewood Lake started out as a small pond used by the natives to keep fish in; in the early 1800s. Then after a few decades, the natives moved out. Over time rain turned the pond into a lake as it is now.
Coopers Lakeedit
Coopers Lake started out as a cow pond in the 1930s. After a while, rain and snowmelt made it deeper. Today, people have planted trees around it and it is the lake as it is now.
Biggar Trout Pondedit
Biggar Trout Pond started out as farmland in the 1960s. Later, the land was bought for a 9-hole golf course. Having some land left, and already having a slough there, the town dug a 5-foot deep 200×200 m hole in the ground and filled it with water. Now it has an island and a fishing bridge.[5]
Wildlifeedit
Castlewood Lake is home to many types of animals such as gulls, salamanders, muskrats, rats, mice, frogs, coyotes, ducks, geese, rabbits, mosquitoes, beetles, snails, deer and other types of birds and insects. The other two lakes have similar wildlife. Castlewood Lake also has small cacti, bushes (e.g.choke cherries, 'silverwood' bushes), and wheat (from a nearby farm).
Fishingedit
The Biggar Trout Pond has trout in the spring and summer. Castlewood Lake and Coopers Lake do not have fish.
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