Lac La Loche is a lake in north west Saskatchewan near the Alberta border.
The lake is part of the Churchill River system that flows into the Hudson Bay.
The Portage a National Historic Site[4] is also part of the Clearwater River Provincial Park.
Fur trade posts were built on Lac La Loche soon after Peter Pond came through the Methye Portage in 1778.
[5] An early indication of settlement comes from George Back who in 1822 noted in his journal: "We touched at the houses on the borders of the lake and embarked a man in each canoe".