Tobin Lake

Tobin Lake
NASA image of Tobin Lake
Location	Saskatchewan
Coordinates	53°35′N 103°30′W / 53.583°N 103.500°W / 53.583; -103.500Coordinates: 53°35′N 103°30′W / 53.583°N 103.500°W / 53.583; -103.500
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Saskatchewan River
Primary outflows	Saskatchewan River
Basin countries	Canada
Islands	none
Settlements	none

Tobin Lake is a reservoir of Saskatchewan, Canada. Tobin Lake was formed by the E.B. Campbell Dam on the Saskatchewan River in 1963. The dam was originally named Squaw Rapids Dam, but was then renamed E.B. Campbell Dam in 1988 as local first nations people considered the name squaw offensive. It is near to the town of Nipawin and is downstream from Codette Lake, formed by Francois Finlay Dam in 1986. The construction of Francois Finlay Dam earned Nipawin the nickname The Town of Two Lakes.

The lake is accessed on the north side by Highway 35, on the east side by Highway 123 and on the southwest side by Highway 255.^[1][2]

Fish species

Tobin Lake is home to several species of fish including walleye, sauger, yellow perch, lake sturgeon, northern pike, goldeye, mooneye, lake whitefish, burbot, white sucker, longnose sucker and shorthead redhorse.

Father Mariuz Zajac, from Carrot River caught the world ice fishing record for walleye here in 2005 at 9.8 kg (18.30 lbs). The lake is debatably the top walleye fishing lake in Saskatchewan.

Gallery

Francois Finlay dam and Nipawin Hydroelectric Generating Station

E.B. Campbell Dam Spillway

See also

• List of lakes in Saskatchewan

References

• Fish Species of Saskatchewan

External links

• Historic maps and newspaper articles