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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.
Depth max. Volume Lake Winnipeg [2] [3] 24,387 km 2 (9,416 ... Lake Winnipeg Alberts Lake Lake Athapapuskow A Pre-Cambrian Shield cliff on Thompson Lake Hecla ...
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]
Cross Lake is a large lake in Manitoba on the Nelson River north of Lake Winnipeg.It is long and narrow and extends 102 kilometres (63 mi) east-northeast. The Nelson River west channel enters the lake at the Jenpeg Dam and the Nelson River east channel enters near the communities of Cross Lake and Cross Lake First Nation.
A commercial fishing camp is located on the lake shore within the park. It was established prior to the park inception and continues to be used by commercial fishers on Lake Winnipeg. [1] The park landscape is a generally flat till plain laid down during the formation and draining of glacial Lake Agassiz. [4]
Encampment, Winnipeg River (1846), by Paul Kane. The Winnipeg River was the main route from the Great Lakes to Western Canada before the railroads were constructed in this area. After reaching Lake Winnipeg, a traveler could go by canoe as far as the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Ocean or Hudson Bay.
Lake Manitoba (French: Lac Manitoba [4]) is the 14th largest lake in Canada and the 33rd largest lake in the world with a total area of 4,624 square kilometres (1,785 sq mi). It is located within the Canadian province of Manitoba about 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of the province's capital, Winnipeg , at 50°59′N 98°48′W / 50. ...
The lake's main source is the Saskatchewan River, which forms a delta on the northwest side of the lake. The flow of the Saskatchewan River to Lake Winnipeg on the eastern end of Cedar Lake is regulated by the Grand Rapids Dam built in 1962 by Manitoba Hydro. [4] [5] [6]