26-805: White Bear Lake may refer to: Canada [ edit ] White Bear (Carlyle) Lake United States [ edit ] White Bear Lake (Minnesota) , a lake in Ramsey and Washington counties in Minnesota White Bear Lake, Minnesota , a city in Ramsey County White Bear Lake Area High School White Bear Lake Township, Pope County, Minnesota See also [ edit ] White Bear (disambiguation) Bear Lake (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
52-414: A road going south connecting the park to Carlyle Lake and the town of Carlyle , and going north to Kennedy . Construction of an 18-hole golf course began in 1932 and was completed by 1933. The park was officially established on 1 July 1932 with Saskatchewan Premier J.T.M. Anderson present at the construction site for the ribbon cutting and official opening. Deputy minister John Barnett had also come to
78-445: A solution and to discuss options to once again make the golf course a premier destination. It was decided that a full course renovation and redesign was the best option. A five-year plan was initiated to complete the redesign that would allow the course to remain open during the renovations. The total cost in cash expenditures was almost one million dollars. However, the actual cash value, including donated labour, equipment, and materials,
104-717: Is along the southern shore. The lake and its amenities are accessed from Highway 9 . Originally the lake was named "Carlyle Lake" by the first European settlers to the area. In the late 1970s control of the lake was handed over to the White Bear First Nations and at that time the lake was renamed to White Bear (Carlyle) Lake. Beaver are not native to Moose Mountain. In 1923, two breeding pairs from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan were brought to nearby Kenosee Lake . The beavers flourished and soon dams were blocking not just inflow creeks to Kenosee, but to White Bear (Carlyle) Lake as well. According to aerial photographs ,
130-661: Is also a baseball diamond, which is where the Kenosee Cubs of the Saskota Baseball League play. In the winter, Kenosee Lake Lookout is the top of the tobogganing hill. At the bottom of the hill, there is a warm up shack and fire pits. Every February on Family Day an event called Moose Mountain Family Fun Day is held at the hill and on the frozen lake. There's toboganning, skating, cross-country skiing, curling, hot dogs, and roasted marshmallows. At
156-400: Is completely surrounded by the park but is not part of the park. Long before the park was established, the forest and lakes on the plateau that the park is on had been an important source of resources for the local Indigenous people and early settlers. The forests provided shelter, firewood, fishing, and game . The lakes, especially Carlyle and Fish , provided recreation as, starting in
182-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages White Bear (Carlyle) Lake White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is a closed-basin lake in the Moose Mountain Upland . It is the largest lake on the plateau, slightly larger than its neighbour, Kenosee Lake . White Bear (Carlyle) Lake is within the White Bear 70 Indian reserve and Carlyle Lake Resort
208-533: Is the walleye . Moose Mountain Provincial Park Moose Mountain Provincial Park is a provincial park , in south-eastern Saskatchewan about 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of the town of Carlyle on the Moose Mountain Upland . It is one of Saskatchewan's few parks with a community inside the park as there are several subdivisions with both year-round and seasonal residents. The village of Kenosee Lake
234-722: The Great Depression causing high unemployment, many government work programmes were set up, including the creation of six provincial parks . Moose Mountain Provincial Park was among these six original parks. Moose Mountain Provincial Park was designated a park in 1931. From then until 1935, several work projects around the park were completed. Work began in the spring of 1931 with the building of Moose Mountain Chalet, landscaping, building of Main Beach on Kenosee Lake, and
260-512: The Moose Mountain Water Resource Management Corp. partnered with Moose Mountain Provincial Park to control beavers in and around the park through trapping and by blasting beaver dams. Once again, lake levels began to rise. The eventual goal is to raise Kenosee Lake levels enough so that it flows into White Bear (Carlyle) Lake, which hasn't happened since 1928. The most common fish found in the lake
286-605: The Visitor's Centre and the second floor became administrative offices. The Moose Mountain Chalet and Cabins were officially designated a Provincial Heritage Property on 20 January 2012. Kenosee Lake is the largest body of water in the park and serves as its central tourist attraction. Seasonal recreational activities in and around the lake and park include fishing , hunting , hiking , cycling , swimming , boating , water sports , cross-country skiing , snowmobile riding, horseback riding , miniature golf , and golfing. There
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#1732786964842312-467: The cabins still stand and are now the Artisan Colony. On 1 November 1933, a fire started in the chimney and the interior was gutted by fire. The rock façade and concrete survived and the chalet was able to be rebuilt. It re-opened for the summer season of 1934. The hotel portion of the chalet closed its rooms in 1981 and the restaurant closed in the late 1980s. The first floor was transformed into
338-727: The early 1900s, cabins, stores, and dance halls were being built. Seeing the importance of a "forest island" in the middle of the bald prairie , the Canadian government in 1906 designated the upland as a forest reserve under the Dominion Lands Branch through the Dominion Forest Reserves Act . In 1908, it was re-designated as Moose Mountain Forest Preserve to protect the forests from being cleared for farm and pasture land. The Act also ensured
364-687: The forest could be managed sustainably. In 1911, the federal government created the Dominion Parks Branch . Moose Mountain Forest Preserve came under management of the Dominion Forests Division of this new Dominion Parks Branch. In 1930, the federal government transferred control of natural resources over to the western provinces under the Natural Resources Acts . The Saskatchewan government then set up its own Department of Natural Resources. With
390-612: The main beach, Sask Aquatic Adventures has a water adventure park set up. It is one of several in Saskatchewan. On the east side of the park, just off Highway 9, is Kenosee Superslides . The Core Area, sometimes referred to as Kenosee Park , is where many of the main attractions and services are located. Allison Park Store, Kenosee Inn & Cabins, Moose Mountain Chalet, Artisan Colony, Masters Mini Golf, tennis courts, laundry services, picnic areas, and Kenosee Lake Main Beach are all located there. There are two main campsites in
416-652: The park and renamed Fish Lake to Kenosee Lake : "We'll change the name of this place to Kenosee Lake...that is Indian for fish. We'll build a chalet here, on that rise above the depression making this into a sunken garden." To protect the forest and the park, firebreaks and fire lookout towers were built in strategic spots around the upland and the park. Three subdivisions , McNaughton, Sunnybank, and Sandy Bay, were built alongside Kenosee Lake with cottages made available to private owners. Years later, more subdivisions were added, including Acoose, Chechsip, and Beaver. A stonemason named Charles John Parker from Ontario
442-499: The park is a wide biking/walking trail that starts at the Core Area and goes to the main campsites. Other main hiking trails include: In total, there's more than 120 km (75 mi) of groomed snowmobile trails, 50 km (31 mi) of cross-country ski trails, and 10 km (6.2 mi) of snowshoe trails. Besides the main lakes of Kenosee and Little Kenosee , there are numerous small named and unnamed lakes throughout
468-447: The park. Many of these lakes are accessible off the main trails and road systems. Other notable lakes in the park include Beaver , Muskrat, Youell, and Crane. The park biome is aspen parkland which consists of aspen, poplars, and spruce interspersed with prairie grasslands, which provides abundant wildlife viewing opportunities. Fish species include walleye , yellow perch , northern pike , burbot , and white sucker . Moose Mountain
494-411: The park. The smaller of the two, Lynwood with 30 sites, is along the north shore of Kenosee Lake. The main campsite, Fish Creek, takes up most of the isthmus between Little Kenosee and Kenosee Lakes. It is divided into four sections, A through D, and there are well over 300 campsites, many of them full-service. Poplar Lane and Aspen Meadows, just to the west of Fish Creek, are group camping sites. Inside
520-466: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White Bear Lake . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Bear_Lake&oldid=1069012099 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
546-431: The shallow lake would freeze nearly to the bottom killing off the fish. Low lake levels not only hurt sport fishing at the lake, it also affected water quality for swimming and other water activities. The end result was that fewer people were coming to the park and, coupled with other newer golf courses being built nearby, Golf Kenosee suffered. A Special General Meeting of Shareholders was held in 2002 to try to figure out
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#1732786964842572-449: The surface of White Bear (Carlyle) Lake in 1928 was 737 m (2,418 ft) asl . By 1945, it had dropped to 732 m (2,402 ft). In 1954, four beaver dams in the area were destroyed, which helped raise lake levels. By the late 1950s, the lake recovered to 735 m (2,411 ft). Without continued intervention regarding dams, the lake level began to fall again and by 2008, it had dropped to 728 m (2,388 ft). In 2008,
598-567: The village of Kenosee Lake is a full-service private campground. In the core area of the park, overlooking Kenosee Lake, is the Kenosee Inn & Cabins. Besides a grand view of the lake, it features 30 hotel rooms, 23 cabins, a conference room, and a restaurant. On the west side of the lake, along the shore of Christopher Bay at the former site of the Arcola Resort, there are three Christian summer camps: The 18-hole golf course
624-455: Was brought in to build the three-storey Moose Mountain Chalet. The chalet, which was opened up as an upscale boutique hotel with a rotunda on the main floor, a dining room and fireplace on the second floor, and bedrooms on the third floor was completed by the summer of 1933. The outer rock façade used local rocks found around the lake and on two of the lake's islands, Hog and Maple. Along with the chalet, 14 cabins were built nearby in 1932. Four of
650-413: Was closer to two million dollars. The redesign coupled with rising lake levels has meant that Golf Kenosee and Moose Mountain Provincial Park once again became a go-to destination. The park features a variety of trails for hiking, biking, ATVing, and snowmobiling. Permits are required for ATVs and are restricted to designated areas between 15 June and the end of Labour Day . Along the main road through
676-546: Was constructed between 1932 and 1933 and at the time was one of Canada's premier golf courses. It was built in conjunction with the chalet with the goal of attracting wealthy tourists to the park. The endeavour was a huge success. The original clubhouse was replaced in 1952. In the mid-1980s, Golf Kenosee was established when a group of 135 stakeholders raised $ 1.35 million to take over the golf course from Moose Mountain Provincial Park. The water level at Kenosee Lake had been dropping for decades. It got so low that in some winters,
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