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Cannington Lake
Special service area
Abandoned cabin at Cannington Lake Resort
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Coordinates: 49°46′58″N 102°09′37″W / 49.78278°N 102.16028°W / 49.78278; -102.16028
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	South-east
Census division	1
Rural Municipality	Moose Mountain
Special service area	January 1, 2025
Government
• Governing body	Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain
• MP	Robert Kitchen
• MLA	Dan D'Autremont
Elevation	734 m (2,408 ft)
Population
• Total	0
Time zone	CST
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 603

Cannington Lake, also known as Cannington Lake Resort, is a special service area within the Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan at the northeast corner of Cannington Lake. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the community had a population of 0 in the Canada 2011 Census.

The resort is on the northeastern shore of the lake and has over 20 lots owned, with six occupied cabins. The 2016 Canada Census does not list a population for Cannington Lake, only for the RM of Moose Mountain, which was 492 in 2016.

History

Cannington Lake was once a popular resort as the population would grow during the summer months. Until the 1980s, it was home to several campsites, barbecue areas, two boat launches, a beach, several rentable cabins, a miniature golf course, and other services. In the 1960s, Ed McCullough had wanted to build a ski hill north of the lake and had purchased the CPR railway station from the nearby town of Carlyle for the project. The movers got the railway station as far as Cannington then refused to move it up the hill, so the project was never completed. Over the years the lake water levels declined severely due to beaver damming, resulting in many of the residents moving their cabins away. Other nearby lakes, such as White Bear (Carlyle) Lake and Kenosee Lake have had similar issues with beaver dams. The lake levels have been on the rise in recent years due to beaver control measures.

Cannington Lake's status was changed from organized hamlet to special service area on January 1, 2025.

Demographics

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Tourism in Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Organized Hamlet of Cannington Lake Revision". Government of Saskatchewan. 20 December 2024. p. 1440-1441. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
2. "Cannington Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
3. Canada 2011 Census: Designated places in Saskatchewan
4. "Cannington Lake". Geoview.info. Geoview.info. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
5. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Moose Mountain No. 63, Rural municipality [Census subdivision], Saskatchewan and Ontario [Province]". 8 February 2017.
6. Paully, Gord (16 May 2022). "Remembering the McCullough family of Cannington Lake". SaskToday. Glacier Media Group. Carlyle Observer. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
7. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019.
8. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
9. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.

v t e Division No. 1, Saskatchewan
Cities	Estevan
Towns	Alameda Arcola Bienfait Carlyle Carnduff Lampman Oxbow Redvers Stoughton Wawota
Villages	Alida Carievale Fairlight Forget Frobisher Gainsborough Glen Ewen Heward Kennedy Kenosee Lake Kisbey Manor Maryfield North Portal Roche Percee Storthoaks
Rural municipalities	Antler 61 Argyle 1 Benson 35 Brock 64 Browning 34 Coalfields 4 Enniskillen 3 Estevan 5 Golden West 95 Hazelwood 94 Maryfield 91 Moose Creek 33 Moose Mountain 63 Mount Pleasant 2 Reciprocity 32 Storthoaks 31 Tecumseh 65 Walpole 92 Wawken 93
First Nations	Ocean Man Pheasant Rump Nakota White Bear
Indian reserves	Ocean Man 69 69A 69B 69C 69D 69E 69F 69G 69H 69I Pheasant Rump 68 White Bear 70
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Bellegarde Cannington Lake Corning Special service areas Antler Bekevar Benson Bryant Carlyle Lake Resort Coalfields Cowper Cullen Deborah Fertile Fremantle Fry's Gapview Glen Adelaide Handsworth Hirsch Kelso Mair Northgate Nottingham Parkman Pinto Riga Service Steppes Taylorton Walpole Warmley Wauchope Winlaw Woodley Wordsworth Workman
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

• Division No. 1, Saskatchewan
• Former designated places in Saskatchewan
• Former organized hamlets in Saskatchewan
• Special service areas in Saskatchewan
• Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan