Cree Lake is a lake in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

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. The lake is the fourth largest in the province and is located west of Reindeer Lake

Reindeer Lake

Reindeer Lake is a lake in Western Canada located on the border between northeastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba, with the majority in Saskatchewan. The name of the lake appears to be a translation of the Algonquian name...

 and south of Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca is located in the northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the northeast corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N.-History:The name in the Dene language originally referred only to the large delta formed by the confluence the Athabasca River at the southwest corner of the lake...

. There is no highway

Highway

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 access, but the lake is reachable by float plane. There is Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Airport

Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Airport

Cree Lake Airport, , is located adjacent to Crystal Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge on Cree Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The airport is located on Ispatinow Island, the largest island in the lake....

 (bush strip), which serves Crystal Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge, but there is no settlement, town or village at Cree Lake, despite the fact one is shown on the official Saskatchewan Highway Map issued by the Province of Saskatchewan.

Fish species

Fish

Fish

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 species include walleye

Walleye

Walleye is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European pikeperch...

, yellow perch

Yellow perch

The yellow perch is a species of perch found in the United States and Canada, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch, but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have six to eight dark, vertical bars on their sides...

, northern pike

Northern Pike

The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...

, lake trout

Lake trout

Lake trout is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, they can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbellies and leans...

, lake whitefish

Lake whitefish

The lake whitefish , also called the Sault whitefish or gizzard fish, is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. A valuable commercial fish, they are also...

, cisco

Cisco (fish)

The ciscoes are salmonid fish of the genus Coregonus that differ from other members of the genus in having upper and lower jaws of approximately equal length and high gillraker counts...

, burbot

Burbot

The burbot is the only gadiform fish inhabiting freshwaters. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and eelpout. It is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk...

, arctic grayling

Arctic grayling

Arctic grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It comprises five subspecies native to the Nearctic and Palearctic ecozones. T. a. arcticus is widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper...

, white sucker

White Sucker

The White Sucker is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish inhabiting North America from Labrador in the north to Georgia and New Mexico in the south. It is a long, round-bodied fish with a dark green, grey, copper, brown, or black back and sides and a light underbelly. When fullgrown, it is between 12...

 and longnose sucker

Longnose sucker

The longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus, is a freshwater species of fish inhabiting cold, clear waters in North America from northern USA to the top of the continent. In addition, it is one of two species of sucker to inhabit Asia, specifically the rivers of eastern Siberia...

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Islands

The lake has several named and un-named islands. Some of the named islands include:

• Auriat Island
  Auriat Island
  Auriat Island is a small island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; surrounded by Cree Lake. The island is named after Jean Auriat, a Canadian soldier killed in action on June 7, 1944, during World War II, while attacking a german Radar Station in Douvres, France....
  
  
• Cowie Island
  Cowie Island
  Cowie Island is a small island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; surrounded by Cree Lake....
  
  
• Dahl Island
• Davies Island
• Dixon Island (Saskatchewan)
• Fleming Island (Saskatchewan)
  Fleming Island (Saskatchewan)
  Fleming Island is a small island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; surrounded by Cree Lake. In 2008, Titan Uranium conducted exploration drilling on the island looking for Uranium building on earlier exploration activities conducted by other mining companies on the island....
  
  
• Ispatinow Island
  Ispatinow Island
  Ispatinow Island is a island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; the largest island on Cree Lake. The Cree Lake Airport is located on the island and served by Cree Lake Air; primarily supporting Crystal Lodge, a seasonal fly-in lodge located on the island....
  
   - (containing Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Airport and Crystal Lodge)
• Johns Island (Saskatchewan)
  Johns Island (Saskatchewan)
  Johns Island is a small island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; surrounded by Cree Lake....
  
  
• Keeping Island
• Laurier Island
• Pelletier Island
• Prowse Island
• Ring Island
• Rogers Island (Saskatchewan)
• Turner Island (Saskatchewan)
  Turner Island (Saskatchewan)
  Turner Island is a small island in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada; surrounded by Cree Lake....