Green Lake (Woods Cree: ᐊᒁᑯᐲᐏ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, romanized: akwâkopîwi-sâkahikanihk)[6] is a northern village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Shortly after the merger, the Green Lake post was closed for several years, reopening in 1831, and continuing operation until 1973.

[9] A Government project created and designed to assimilate the people of Green Lake into mainstream society, southern Metis from the Regina area were introduced to the northern community as part of the rehabilitation program.

The new arrivals were unable to adapt to the lifestyle and after a year began relocating en masse to Prince Albert or Meadow Lake.

The provincial government set up Central Farm, a program of 99-year leases on 40 acres (16 ha) plots.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment and a Red Cross Nursing Station were established in 1953.

In 1972, the LID was replaced by the Department of Northern Saskatchewan (DNS) with a Local Community Authority (LCA).

In 1974 a new sawmill was built, and in 1975-76, Highway 55 to Meadow Lake was completed, and a DNS funded sewer and water system is installed.

The mill signed agreements with Weyerhaeuser, Norsask Forest Products, Mistik Management, and the Province of Saskatchewan, before burning down in 2000.

When William McGillivray at Lac Île-à-la-Crosse was in charge of the Churchill River department he arranged for pemmican to be shipped north from the Saskatchewan to the northern posts.

In 1795 the men at Green Lake House were near starvation when a pemmican supply arrived from Fort George.

In 1799 the Hudson's Bay Company sent William Auld to build Essex House on the northwest shore of the lake near its outlet.

The whole Île à la Crosse region produced 12,000 made beaver for the NWC and 1,800 for the HBC.

of approaching rebels immediately gave the order to submerge into the lake all the lead balls and shot.

While the post was being looted Sinclair managed to slip away from his guards and fled by canoe with two Métis men from Fort Carlton.

Sinclair was able to rejoin the boats and while they camped on the side of the river his wife gave birth to a healthy girl who was baptised immediately by Father Paquette.