Duncairn_Reservoir
Reid Lake (Saskatchewan)
Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
Reid Lake,[1] also known as Duncairn Reservoir, is a man-made reservoir in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan.[2] Reid Lake was formed with the construction of the Duncairn Dam[3] in a glacial meltwater channel along the course of Swift Current Creek in 1942. The reservoir was originally built to supply water for the city of Swift Current,[4] for irrigation projects, and to regulate Swift Current Creek levels downstream. The entire lake is part of the Duncairn Reservoir Migratory Bird Sanctuary.[5]
Reid Lake is Y-shaped and Swift Current Creek flows into Ferguson Bay at the southern end of the "Y". It flows out at Duncairn Dam at the north-eastern "Y" corner. Ferguson Bay is named after Thomas L. Ferguson, a former district sheriff.[6] From the dam, Swift Current Creek carries on northward past the city of Swift Current and into Lake Diefenbaker of the South Saskatchewan River.[7][8]