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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.
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]
Mystery Mountain Winter Park — a small ski park in Mystery Lake. International Peace Garden — a park located adjacent to the International Peace Garden Border Crossing between Manitoba and the U.S. state of North Dakota. Morden Research Station — an arboretum in Morden. Prairie Sentinels Park — a public park located in the centre of ...
Hecla Village is a historic village consisting of a fishing museum and functional commercial fishing operation at the Hecla Fish Station adjacent to the dock; the Tomasson Boarding House; the Community Hall; the Hecla School consisting of a replica classroom in one room and a park interpretive centre in the other classroom; the Heritage House Museum, furnished as an Icelandic family house in ...
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]
Lake Winnipegosis Salt Flats Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve located on the west of Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada. [2] It was established in 1992 under the Manitoba Ecological Reserves Act. [1] [3] It is 47.25 square kilometres (18.24 sq mi) in size. [1]
Grand Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada, noted for its large white sand dunes and ancient beaches from the end of the last ice age.It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, and the largest lake completely within the borders of southern Canada.
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]