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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]
The river begins at the Mossy River Dam at the north end of Dauphin Lake and flows north into the south end of Lake Winnipegosis at the community of Winnipegosis. Prior to 1900, Mossey River was spelt "Mossy". [2] It is also the namesake of the Rural Municipality of Mossey River. [3]
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)
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.
West of Lake Winnipeg is the chain of lakes that look like a single lake on large maps (Cedar Lake (Manitoba), Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba). West of this is the Assiniboine River. The Assiniboine flows southeast and then the east to Winnipeg, Manitoba where it meets the Red River of the North which flows
The Rural Municipality of Mossey River was incorporated on May 1, 1906. [3] On January 1, 2015, it amalgamated with the Village of Winnipegosis as dictated by The Municipal Amalgamations Act, which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015.
Winnipegosis is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Mossey River on Lake Winnipegosis in west-central Manitoba. The community was once categorized as a village, but this status was relinquished on 1 January 2015 upon its amalgamation with the RM of Mossey ...
It is the primary outflow for Lake Winnipegosis and flows into Lake Manitoba. From Long Island Bay at the southeast end of the Lake Winnipegosis the West Waterhen and Little Waterhen rivers flow north about 16 kilometres (10 mi) into Waterhen Lake then the Waterhen River flows south 22 kilometres (14 mi) into Lake Manitoba. [1]