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Iosegun Lake
Iosegun Lake is located in Alberta
Iosegun Lake
Iosegun Lake
Location in Alberta
Location Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, Alberta
Coordinates 54°28′37″N 116°50′57″W / 54.47694°N 116.84917°W / 54.47694; -116.84917
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 7 km (4.3 mi)
Max. width 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
Surface area 13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Average depth 4.1 m (13 ft)
Max. depth 11.2 m (37 ft)
Surface elevation 774 m (2,539 ft)

Iosegun Lake is a lake in northwest Alberta within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located north of Fox Creek, approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) from Highway 43.

Iosegun is a name derived from an Indigenous language denoting "tail".

Provincial recreation area

The Iosegun Lake Provincial Recreation Area is located on the southeast shore of Iosegun Lake at the mouth of an unnamed creek originating at nearby Raspberry Lake to the east.

Camping

Operated by the Town of Fox Creek, the recreation area includes a campground featuring 52 campsites, a day use site, and a group use site. Camping season begins on May 24 and ends on October 1.

Recreation

Other recreational activities include canoeing/kayaking, cross-country skiing, fishing, ice fishing, power boating, snowmobiling (off-site), swimming, and water skiing.

Fish species

Fish species in Iosegun Lake include burbot, lake whitefish, northern pike, spottail shiner, trout-perch, tullibee (cisco), walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch.

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