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Lake Winnipeg is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake [3] and the third-largest freshwater lake contained entirely within Canada, but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of 12 m [39 ft]) [4] excluding a narrow 36 m (118 ft) deep channel between the northern and southern basins. It is the eleventh-largest freshwater lake on Earth.
Although Lake Winnipeg was once the main commercial source, it now comes from elsewhere, especially in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and the culinary name Winnipeg goldeye has come to be associated with the city where it is processed. [17] The fish is the namesake of Winnipeg's minor league baseball team, the Winnipeg Goldeyes. [citation needed]
The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada. ... Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
The range of the chestnut lamprey extends from Lake Winnipeg and the Hudson Bay down the Mississippi River to the Central and Eastern United States; this includes any large lakes or reservoirs where large host fish are present. [6] In Canada, the chestnut lamprey has been found in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. [9]
Lake Area (includes islands) Altitude Depth max. Volume Lake Winnipeg [2] [3] 24,387 km 2 (9,416 sq mi) 217 m (712 ft) 36 m (118 ft) 284 km 3 (68 cu mi) Lake Winnipegosis [2] [3] 5,374 km 2 (2,075 sq mi) 254 m (833 ft) 18.3 m (60 ft) 19.8 km 3 (4.8 cu mi) Lake Manitoba [2] [3] 4,624 km 2 (1,785 sq mi) 248 m (814 ft) 7 m (23 ft)
By 2006, Lake Winnipeg's algae blooms were considered to be the worst algae problem of any large freshwater lake in the world, according to Canadian Geographic. [2] In 2013, Lake Winnipeg was declared the most threatened lake in the world by the Global Nature Fund, due to excessive levels of phosphorus. Attempts to decrease the levels have been ...
The river is a part of a proposed United Nations World Heritage Site to protect the large intact area of wilderness along Lake Winnipeg and in northwestern Ontario. This wilderness river is one of the few rivers in southern Canada that is still very pristine and clean, with little or no development along the shoreline and in the entire watershed.
Lake Winnipegosis is a large (5,370 km 2) lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. It is Canada's eleventh-largest lake. The lake's name derives from that of Lake Winnipeg, with a diminutive suffix. Winnipeg means 'big muddy waters' and Winnipegosis means 'little muddy waters'. [1]