It is a shallow, narrow lake located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the city of Yorkton in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states, and within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion of Canada.

The primary inflow for York Lake is from Willow Brook,[2] which begins in the RM of Garry No.

The original park on the lake was sponsored by the city of Yorkton and the local Kinsman Club.

[8] York Lake Regional Park (51°09′55″N 102°29′20″W / 51.1652°N 102.4889°W / 51.1652; -102.4889) has a campground, beach access, a golf course, baseball diamonds, trap and skeet shooting, 3D archery, indoor gun range, playground, concession, a nature trail, and Yorkton Navy League.

It was originally an 18-hole, sand green course, but due to multiple floods beginning in 2010, the back-nine became unplayable.