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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.
Fairford River to Lake Winnipeg [20] Lake Winnipegosis: 240 kilometres (150 mi) with the northern portion bent towards the west 8 to 24 kilometres (5.0 to 14.9 mi) 2,070 square miles (5,400 km 2) Lies in the same valley as Lake Manitoba, parallel to Lake Winnipeg: 254 metres (833 ft) 12 metres (39 ft) Water Hen River and Lake to Lake Manitoba [20]
The name Winnipeg is named after Lake Winnipeg to the north, and the name is related to a native word referring to the cloudy, silt-filled water flowing off the prairies. The first farming in Manitoba appeared to be along the Red River, near Lockport, Manitoba , where maize (corn) and other seed crops were planted before contact with Europeans.
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
Treaty Five is a treaty between Queen Victoria and Saulteaux and Swampy Cree non-treaty band governments and peoples around Lake Winnipeg in the District of Keewatin. [1] [2] Much of what is today central and northern Manitoba was covered by the treaty, as were a few small adjoining portions of the present-day provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario.
The Marine Museum of Manitoba, at Selkirk, Manitoba, was established in 1972 [1] to gather ships, artifacts, and items relating to shipping, to tell the story of the development and the operation of transportation on Lake Winnipeg and the Red River. The period covered by the museum's displays starts circa 1850 and continues to present day.
The Assiniboine River which meets the Red River just south of Lake Winnipeg provided another route west. The Red River of the North, which flows north into the southern tip of Lake Winnipeg gained some importance after 1812 with the establishment of the Red River Colony and when the Metis began supplying buffalo Pemmican to feed the voyageurs ...
Built in Riverton, Manitoba, it has strong ties to Lake Winnipeg. The Namao was stationed in Selkirk and was used to deploy and recover buoys and occasionally to assist vessels in distress. Between 1994 and 1996, the Namao was used for research on the geological history of Lake Winnipeg by the Geological Survey of Canada. This was the first ...