Patience Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Patience Lake | image = PotashCorporationOfSaskatchewanPatienceLakeMine.jpg | image_size = 255 | caption = Potash Corp. (now Nutrien) Mine at Patience Lake | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Saskatchewan | coords = {{Coord|52|7|11|N|106|20|37|W|region:CA-SK_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | part_of = Saskatchewan River drainage basin | inflow = | pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saskatchewan | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Canada | length = {{cvt|6|km}} | width = {{cvt|1|km}} | area = {{cvt|6|km2}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = ''None'' }}

'''Patience Lake'''<ref>{{cite web |title= Patience Lake |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HATVU|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> is a lake in the central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is east of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. The lake serves as a groundwater discharge region for higher elevations to the east and west.

At the south end of the lake, Nutrien<ref>{{cite web |title=Potash Operations |url=https://www.nutrien.com/locations/potash-operations |website=Nutrien |publisher=Nutrien Ltd. |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> operates a solution mine that produces 331,000 tonnes of potash annually and has an approximately {{cvt|50|ha|adj=on}} region of the lake sectioned off with an earth dyke that is used to store brine tailings and saturated KCl solution.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://darcy.eas.ualberta.ca/people/dborn.html |title = Dan Born - Thesis Description |publisher = University of Alberta - Hydrobiology - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |accessdate = 2011-03-06 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130101160539/http://darcy.eas.ualberta.ca/people/dborn.html|archivedate = 2013-01-01}}</ref> The potash mine was originally established as an underground mine, but due to flooding in 1988 it was converted to a solution mine.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.ghgregistries.ca/registry/out/C0761-PATIEN~1-DOC.PDF |title =Letter from Mark Fracchia Potash Corp to Chuck Hantho Chair, Policy Board Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation April 26, 1996 |publisher = Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan |accessdate = 2011-03-06}}</ref>

== See also == * List of lakes of Saskatchewan

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Lakes of Saskatchewan Category:Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343