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A map showing the location of the lake.

View the current conditions and the forecast for the lake.

In this section we give a brief description of who SLSA is, the problems and solutions at the lake as we see them, what we have done and what we plan to do to solve them.

This chronology takes you through the efforts of SLSA to raise the lake level from 2004 until today.

This comprehensive essay narrates the history of the lake from the 1800's to present day and provides a detailed description of the fish, wildlife, climate and bio-diversity of the area and of the lake.

This page demonstrates on a graph the water levels of Skeleton Lake since 1965 until 2010. Overlaid on the graph are the average precipitation and human impacts during those 45 years

This page of our website contains a map of the developments on Skeleton Lake and tells the story of development around the lake.

This chart summarizes our findings of the level of the major recreational lakes in our region and shows that 15 of the 21 lakes which we have reliable lake level data on are not continuing to decline.

Alberta is graced with a wonderful variety of lakes - however, we only have a fraction of the recreational lakes that our neighbours in British Columbia and Saskatchewan are blessed with.

Skeleton Lake has a very small area of land that drains into it; consisting of a ratio of 4 to 1 land mass compared to water surface area.

Watershed stewardship is really a partnership between governments and community based groups such as our organization who jointly seek out and implement local water management solutions.

Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability is the Government of Alberta's response to develop a new water management approach and outlines specific strategies and actions to address Alberta's water issues.