Saskatchewan

It has an area of 651900 km2, nearly 10 percent of which (59366 km2) is fresh water, composed mostly of rivers, reservoirs, and the province's 100,000 lakes.

This is not a complete list of lakes of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces (with Alberta and Saskatchewan) and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people.

Of the total population, roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon, or the provincial capital Regina.

Saskatoon is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Of the total population, roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon, or the provincial capital Regina.

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

South Dakota is to the south, Montana is to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are to the north.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

Melfort (2016 population 5,992) is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 95 km southeast of Prince Albert, 172 km northeast of Saskatoon and 280 km north of Regina.

Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster (partially within Alberta).

Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Midale and Yellow Grass near the U.S. border are tied for the highest ever recorded temperatures in Canada with 45 C observed at both locations on July 5, 1937.

Yellow Grass is a town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.

In the early 20th century the province became known as a stronghold for Canadian social democracy; North America's first social-democratic government was elected in 1944.

The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

It became a province in 1905, carved out from the vast North-West Territories, which had until then included most of the Canadian Prairies.

Over time, the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba were formed out of the territories.

Its name derived from the Saskatchewan River.

The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada, about 550 km long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to empty into Lake Winnipeg.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

Nunavut has long land borders with the Northwest Territories on the mainland and a few Arctic islands, and with Manitoba to the south of the Nunavut mainland; it also meets Saskatchewan to the southwest at a quadripoint).

In 1992, the federal and provincial governments signed a historic land claim agreement with First Nations in Saskatchewan.

First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux, Dene and Dakota.

The Cypress Hills, located in the southwestern corner of Saskatchewan and Killdeer Badlands (Grasslands National Park), are areas of the province that were unglaciated during the last glaciation period, the Wisconsin glaciation.

The Cypress Hills are a geographical region of hills in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta, Canada.

Northern Saskatchewan is mostly covered by boreal forest except for the Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58°, and adjacent to the southern shore of Lake Athabasca. The lowest point is the shore of Lake Athabasca, at 213 m. The province has 14 major drainage basins made up of various rivers and watersheds draining into the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

Lake Athabasca (French: lac Athabasca; from Woods Cree: aðapaskāw, "[where] there are plants one after another") is located in the northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the northeast corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N.

The lowest point is the shore of Lake Athabasca, at 213 m. The province has 14 major drainage basins made up of various rivers and watersheds draining into the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

It drains a very large area, about 3861400 km2, that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and indirectly through smaller passages of water to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.

Northern Saskatchewan is mostly covered by boreal forest except for the Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58°, and adjacent to the southern shore of Lake Athabasca.

The Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park was created to protect the Athabasca sand dunes, a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem of the province of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.

Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905.

Estevan is the eighth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada.