Red Deer Lake (Alberta)

Red Deer Lake
Location	Ponoka County / Camrose County / County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, Alberta
Coordinates	52°42′27″N 113°01′59″W / 52.70750°N 113.03306°W / 52.70750; -113.03306 (Red Deer Lake)Coordinates: 52°42′27″N 113°01′59″W / 52.70750°N 113.03306°W / 52.70750; -113.03306 (Red Deer Lake)
Primary outflows	Battle River
Basin countries	Canada

Max. length	15 kilometres (9.3 mi)
Max. width	3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Surface area	21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi)
Surface elevation	775 metres (2,543 ft)

Red Deer Lake is a fresh water alkaline lake situated near Bashaw in central Alberta, Canada.

The 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long lake is located northwest of the junction of Highway 21 and Highway 53. In descending order of surface area, it straddles the boundaries of Ponoka County, Camrose County and the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. The lake is drained through a series of marshes into the Battle River.

Hydrography of Alberta

Rivers	Athabasca Battle Beaver Bow Brazeau Crowsnest Elbow Hay Little Bow Milk North Saskatchewan Oldman Peace Pembina Red Deer Slave Smoky South Saskatchewan

Waterfalls	Athabasca Bow Bridal Veil Crescent Crypt Elbow Panther Sunwapta

Lakes	Athabasca Beaverhill Bistcho Claire Cold La Biche Lesser Slave Pigeon Ste. Anne Sylvan Utikuma Wabamun

Reservoirs	Abraham Barrier Brazeau Chestermere Kananaskis McGregor Minnewanka Glenmore Milk River Ridge Sikome Gleniffer

Glaciers	Athabasca Bow Columbia Icefield Crowfoot Hector Peyto Saskatchewan Vulture Wapta Waputik Icefield

Other	Hay-Zama Wetlands Peace–Athabasca Delta Whooping Crane Summer Range (wetlands)

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