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Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
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.
The Winnipeg Metro Region is located in the Red River Valley in the southeast portion of the province of Manitoba, and is bounded to the north by the south basin of Lake Winnipeg. [ 6 ] The Region was originally defined in The Capital Region Partnership Act (2006) to include 16 municipalities. [ 12 ]
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The province's largest and smallest cities by population are Winnipeg and the Manitoba portion of Flin Flon with populations of 749,607 and 4,940 respectively. [3] The province's largest and smallest cities by land area are Winnipeg and Dauphin with land areas of 461.78 km 2 (178.29 sq mi) and 12.67 km 2 (4.89 sq mi) respectively. [3]
latitude in degrees (positive for all locations in Canada). $2: longitude in degrees (negative for all locations in Canada). x (%): x coordinate expressed as percentage of image width (measured from left edge). y (%): y coordinate expressed as percentage of image height (measured from top edge).
Highway 3 at its western terminus. Provincial Trunk Highway 3 (PTH 3) is a major provincial highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba.It runs from the Saskatchewan boundary (where it meets Highway 18) to the southwest city limits of Winnipeg, where it continues as Winnipeg Route 155 (McGillivray Boulevard).
St. Boniface (or Saint Boniface) is a city ward [3] and neighbourhood in Winnipeg.Along with being the centre of the Franco-Manitoban community, it ranks as the largest francophone community in Western Canada.