McIntosh Lake is a lake in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, within the Churchill River drainage basin. It is about north of La Ronge. At the lake's southern end is a fly-in fishing lodge.
McIntosh Lake is a large, irregularly shaped lake with many bays and small islands. It covers an area of , has a shoreline measuring , and is deep. Its primary inflow is Paull River, which enters the lake at its northern end. A short river from the southern end connects it to Trout Lake of the Churchill River. The Churchill River is largely a series of interconnected lakes that flows east into the Hudson Bay.
Ferguson Bay, which is a long, narrow bay near the lake's northern end, was named in 1951 after Lawrence Arkwright Ferguson. Ferguson, from Lipton, Saskatchewan, was killed in 1943 during World War II.
Fish species Fish commonly found in McIntosh Lake include walleye, lake trout, northern pike, cisco, longnose sucker, white sucker, burbot, lake whitefish, and yellow perch.
See also List of lakes of Saskatchewan
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