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Lake Winnipeg. / 52.117°N 97.250°W / 52.117; -97.250. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Winnipeg ( French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the ...
Lake Manitoba (French: Lac Manitoba) 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 / 50.983°N ...
Camperville, Winnipegosis. 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 ...
The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with Saskatchewan appears ...
400 km 2 (150 sq mi) 221 m (725 ft) Lake Winnipeg. Alberts Lake. Lake Athapapuskow. A Pre-Cambrian Shield cliff on Thompson Lake. Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park on Lake Winnipeg. Lake Winnipegosis from Winnipegosis Beach.
It crosses the Canada–United States border just before reaching the town of Emerson, Manitoba. Manitoba's capital, Winnipeg, is at the Red's confluence with the Assiniboine River, at a point called The Forks. Together with the Assiniboine, the Red River fully encloses the endorheic basin of Devils' Lake and Stump Lake.
Etymology The name Manitoba possibly derives from either Cree manitou-wapow or Ojibwe manidoobaa, both meaning ' straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit '. Alternatively, it may be from the Assiniboine minnetoba, meaning ' Lake of the Prairie ' (the lake was known to French explorers as Lac des Prairies). The name was chosen by Thomas Spence for the new republic he proposed for the area south of ...
24.9 km 2 (9.6 sq mi) Established. 1961. Governing body. Government of Manitoba. Grand Beach Provincial Park. 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 ...