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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.
After reaching Lake Winnipeg, a traveler could go by canoe as far as the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Ocean or Hudson Bay. This section covers the route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg via Rainy Lake, the Rainy River, Lake of the Woods and the Winnipeg River. For the route in general, see Nelson River basin.
The entire province of Manitoba is within the Hudson Bay drainage basin: Nelson River. Lake Winnipeg watershed Winnipeg River; Red River. Assiniboine River. Qu'Appelle River; Souris River; Saskatchewan River. Lake Winnipegosis watershed
Besides Lake Winnipeg, its primary tributaries include the Grass River, which drains a long area north of Lake Winnipeg, and the Burntwood River, which passes through Thompson, Manitoba. The river flows into Hudson Bay at Port Nelson (now a ghost town), just north of the Hayes River and York Factory. Other communities upriver from there include ...
Patricia Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park on the south-east shore of Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2] The park is located within the Rural Municipality of St. Clements and can be accessed by road from Manitoba Provincial Road 319. [2] In the summer, people relax by the lake on the fine sand beach. [3]
Manitoba lakes larger than 400 km 2 (150 sq mi); 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)
From Lake Winnipeg one could go southwest to the Assiniboine River, northwest to the Saskatchewan River, and from there to Lake Athabasca or northeast up the Hayes River to Hudson Bay. As such, the area was home to three posts: second Fort Maurepas (French, c. 1739 ), Fort Bas de la Rivière (NWC, 1792), and Fort Alexander (HBC, before 1800).
The Icelandic River is also one of the most important spawning sites on the western shores of Lake Winnipeg for fish such as walleye, though recreation and agricultural activities have inhibited this capability recently. [4] The river's mouth is located at Riverton, where the water flows into Lake Winnipeg.