Primrose Lake

Primrose Lake
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Location	Division No. 18, Saskatchewan / Lac La Biche County, Alberta
Coordinates	54°55′N 109°45′W / 54.917°N 109.750°W / 54.917; -109.750
Primary inflows	Calder River
Primary outflows	Martineau River
Basin countries	Canada
Surface area	444 km2 (171 sq mi)
Surface elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Islands	Shinnan Island Backes Island Baker Island Bailey Island Beaconsfield Island Disraeli Island

Primrose Lake^[1] is a large lake in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in the Churchill River drainage basin. The lake straddles the Saskatchewan / Alberta border, with most of the water surface in Saskatchewan with only the south-west corner of the lake in Alberta. On the Saskatchewan side of the lake is Backes Island Wildlife Refuge, which is a small protected island near the middle of the lake that is important to birds.^[2] The entire lake plus surrounding land totalling 1,259.52 km² (486.30 sq mi) is part of an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada.