Great Blue Heron Provincial Park
53.6822° N, 105.9765° W
Great Blue Heron Provincial Park, Saskatchewan. 53.6822° N, 105.9765° W
Provincial park, 111 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/sk/great-blue-heron-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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Great Blue Heron Provincial Park is a 111 km² provincial park 2.7 km north of Sunnyside Beach, in Saskatchewan.
14 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Emma Lake (17.7 km²).
- Area
- 111 km²
- Named lakes
- 14
Conditions today
YELLOW WARNING - RAINFALL · issued Thu 3:39 p.m. CST
Heavy rain is expected over Central Saskatchewan, with total rainfall amounts of 40 to 60 mm.
Rain will begin overnight in west central Saskatchewan and spread eastward through the day on Friday. Rain will continue through Sunday morning. In some locations, rain will be mixed with wet snow at times beginning early Saturday morning.
Rain will change over to light snow late Saturday night, and then snow will gradually end Sunday morning.
Water will likely pool on roads and in low-lying areas. Local utility outages are possible.
Don't drive through flooded roadways. Allow extra time for travel.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #SKStorm.
Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:39 a.m. CST
7.4 °C
Observed at Waskesiu Lake, as of Thu 10:00 p.m. CST
Tonight: Becoming cloudy this evening. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 6.
Weather: Waskesiu Lake (local forecast), as of Thu 10:03 p.m. CST
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:45 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:20 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:55 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:14 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:39 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
3 low risk
Prince Albert, as of Thu 11:00 p.m. CST
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In the park
The 12 largest of 14 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Lake | 17.7 km² |
| 2 | Anglin Lake | 14.2 km² |
| 3 | Christopher Lake | 6.65 km² |
| 4 | Oscar Lake | 4.14 km² |
| 5 | Olga Lake | 0.55 km² |
| 6 | Dorine Lake | 0.48 km² |
| 7 | Marguerite Lake | 0.31 km² |
| 8 | Josie Lake | 0.3 km² |
| 9 | Blanche Lake | 0.29 km² |
| 10 | Phyllis Lake | 0.24 km² |
| 11 | Mae Lake | 0.21 km² |
| 12 | Gladys Lake | 0.17 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- IUCN category
- V, Protected landscape/seascapeInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
Follow this place
Every Friday by email: the Environment Canada forecast and any weather alerts in effect.