Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
Town of Duck Lake | |
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Town | |
Duck Lake Town Office | |
Location of Duck Lake Duck Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 52°48′44″N 106°13′34″W / 52.81222°N 106.22611°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural municipality | Duck Lake No. 463 |
| Post office established | 1879 |
| Village Incorporated | 1898 |
| Town Incorporated | 1911 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jason Anderson |
| • Town Administrator | Michelle Zurakowski |
| • Governing body | Duck Lake Town Council |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 579 |
| • Density | 243.3/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0K 1J0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 11 Highway 212 |
| Waterbodies | Duck Lake |
| Website | Official Site |
Duck Lake is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is 88 kilometres (55 mi) north of Saskatoon and 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of Prince Albert on Highway 11, in the Rural Municipality of Duck Lake No. 463. Immediately to the north of Duck Lake is the south block of the Nisbet Provincial Forest and to the south-west is Duck Lake, for which the town is named after.
The First Nations people are Cree and the band government of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation is located here.
Duck Lake was home to one of the last operating schools in the Canadian Indian residential school system, the St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Duck Lake Indian Residential School), which closed in 1996.