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The lake after which Lac du Bonnet takes its name was named by the French explorer and fur trader Pierre Gaultier La Verendrye, c. 1732. The shape of the lake, itself part of the Winnipeg River, is said to have reminded him of a bonnet. [3] The name "Lac du Bonnet" appears on a map of the explorer Joseph Derouen as early as 1760.
2.8/km 2 (7/sq mi) Website. rmoflacdubonnet.com. Lac du Bonnet is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada, situated between the Nopiming Provincial Park to the northeast and Whiteshell Provincial Park to the southeast. The separately-administered town of Lac du Bonnet lies within the borders of the municipality.
History. PTH 11 is one of the original numbered highways within the province of Manitoba, first appearing on the original 1926 Manitoba Highway Map. [3] Originally a short connector highway spanning 32 kilometres (20 mi) between PTH 1 at Seddons Corner and Lac du Bonnet, the highway was extended north to Pine Falls in 1947.
Pointe du Bois, Manitoba. Pointe du Bois is a small community located northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in an unincorporated section of Census Division No. 1. Pointe du Bois has a Manitoba Hydro generating station (at 50°18′13″N 95°32′24″W). The area provides great fishing for Walleye, Northern pike and smallmouth bass.
The Winnipeg River watershed stretches to the height of land about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Lake Superior.. Major modern communities along the banks of the Winnipeg River include Kenora, Minaki and Whitedog in Ontario; and Lac du Bonnet, Pinawa, Powerview, and Pine Falls, all in Manitoba.
98,028. • Density. 6.2/km 2 (16/sq mi) The Interlake Region is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities, one city (the City of Selkirk), five towns (Arborg, Riverton, Stonewall ...
Winnipeg City Routes. ← PR 312. → PR 314. Provincial Road 313 ( PR 313) is a provincial road in the eastern region of Manitoba, Canada. It begins at PTH 11 near Lac du Bonnet and ends at the remote community of Pointe du Bois. PR 313 provides the main access to cottage country in the Lac du Bonnet area. It is also part of a loop (together ...
PTH 44 – Provincial Road 307 to PTH 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) Communities along the trail include Lockport, East Selkirk, Powerview-Pine Falls, St. Georges, Lac du Bonnet, and Seven Sisters Falls. The trail also passes through three First Nations territories. The easternmost part of the trail lies within Whiteshell Provincial Park.