{{Short description|Lake in Manitoba, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Cedar Lake | image = NASA Canada Central.A2002236.1810.721.250m (1).jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = NASA image showing Cedar Lake | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Division No. 21,<br/>North-West Manitoba | coords = {{Coord|53|19|45|N|100|10|08|W|scale:1000000_region:CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = Saskatchewan River | outflow = Saskatchewan River | pushpin_map = Manitoba#Canada | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the lake in Manitoba | catchment = | basin_countries = Canada | length = {{Cvt|62.5|m}}<ref name="CanEncyc"/> | width = | area = {{convert|1353|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="CanEncyc"/> | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|10|m|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|253|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="CanEncyc"/> | islands = | cities = }} '''Cedar Lake''' is a lake just north of Lake Winnipegosis in Manitoba, Canada. Cedar Lake's water level is controlled by the Grand Rapids Dam. The town of Grand Rapids and the First Nations town of Easterville are nearby.
The lake is known to have excellent examples of prehistoric amber fossil of cretaceous age.<ref>{{cite web|title= Saskatchewan River Delta, Manitoba, Canada October 29, 2007|url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8167&src=ve|publisher=NASA|accessdate= 2014-09-12}}</ref> This amber is sometimes called "Cedarit",<ref>R.Klebs: ''Cedarit, ein neues bernsteinähnliches Harz Canadas und sein Vergleich mit anderen fossilen Harzen.'' - Jahrbuch des königlichen preußischen geologischen Landesamtes. Berlin, 1897.</ref> and it contains many organic inclusions. To date,{{when?|date=April 2026}} these inclusions have not been thoroughly researched.<ref>George O. Poinar, Jr.: Life in Amber. 350 p., 147 fig., 10 tab., Stanford University Press, Stanford (Cal.) 1992. {{ISBN|0-8047-2001-0}}</ref>
The lake's main source is the Saskatchewan River, which forms a delta on the northwest side of the lake. The flow of the Saskatchewan River to Lake Winnipeg on the eastern end of Cedar Lake is regulated by the Grand Rapids Dam built in 1962 by Manitoba Hydro.<ref name="thunderingwaters">{{cite web | title =Manitoba Historical Society (Thundering Waters Stilled: The Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan by Martha McCarthy) | url =http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/15/thunderingwatersstilled.shtml | date = 1988 | accessdate =2014-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Cedar Lake) | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAEPL | date = | accessdate =2014-08-29}}</ref><ref name= "Atlas of Canada">{{cite web | title =Atlas of Canada Toporama | url =http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/toporama/index.html | date = | accessdate =2014-08-29}}</ref>
Some 40 commercial fishing licenses are granted to operate on the lake, which produce between $600,000 and $1M in landed value, making it the 4th largest fishery in Manitoba.<ref name="fishery">{{cite web |title=Cedar Lake Fishery, a Journey of Shared Management |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/fish/commercial_fishing/pubs/cedar_lake_summary.pdf |website=www.gov.mb.ca |publisher=Province of Manitoba |year=2021 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
== History == The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) established a wintering post on the lake circa 1857, and it operated intermittently from 1862 to 1886, after which it became an outpost of the Moose Lake trading post. In 1893, the roles reversed and Cedar Lake became a full fur trade post with Moose Lake serving as its outpost. The post closed circa 1940.<ref name=HBC>{{cite web |title=Hudson's Bay Company: Cedar Lake |url=https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%201529?sessionsearch |website=pam.minisisinc.com |publisher=Archives of Manitoba - Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref>
In 1961, construction on the Grand Rapids hydroelectric generating station and dam began, completed in 1964. As a result, it raised the lake's water level by {{Convert|3.65|m}} and required the relocation of the Cree community of Chemawawin on the west side of the lake to the newly-built Easterville.<ref name="CanEncyc">{{cite web |author1=Roderick A. McGinn |title=Cedar Lake |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cedar-lake |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada |access-date=2 December 2025 |date=January 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="fishery"/>
== See also == *Saskatchewan River Delta *List of lakes of Manitoba
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