Lake Manitoba is a large (4,624 sq.km.) lake in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located about 75 km northwest of the province's capital, Winnipeg, at 51°N 98°45'W. A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th) Land 553,556 km² Water 64,241 km² (14. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada location. ...

The irregularly shaped lake, about 200 km long, is the smallest of a group of three large lakes, the other two being Lake Winnipeg (the largest) and Lake Winnipegosis, which are found on the floor of the prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz. In the lake, there is a large island that has a lake in it, and in that lake, there are also a few islands. Lake Winnipeg (52°N, 92°W) is a large (24 400 km²) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, at about 55 km north of the city of Winnipeg. ... Lake Winnipegosis (52°30N 100°W) is a large (5370 sq²) lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. ... Lake Agassiz was an immense lake—bigger than all of the present-day Great Lakes combined—in the center of North America, which was fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last ice age. ...

It is primarily fed by Lake Winnipegosis to its northwest via the Waterhen River, and drains northeast into Lake Winnipeg via the Dauphin River. It is thus part of the watershed of the Nelson River and Hudson Bay. The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ... Hudson Bay, Canada. ...

The southern tip of the lake, 24 km north of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, ends in the Delta Marsh, an important staging ground for migrating birds. for the rural municipality see Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (rural municipality) Portage la Prairie is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ... Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ...

Communities on the lake include Fairford, Steep Rock, St. Laurent, and Amaranth.

The lake, its shores populated by the Assiniboine Cree, was made known to Europeans by La Vérendrye in the mid-1730s. It was part of the route of the fur trade to Hudson Bay. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (November 17, 1685 – December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. ... Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... The fur trade was a huge part in the early economic development of North America. ...

The name derives from Cree manitou-wapow or Ojibwa manitou-bah, both meaning "straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit," a toponym referring to what are now called The Narrows in the centre of the lake. The lake was known to French explorers as Lac des Prairies. Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemoowin is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut). ... Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... Manitou may refer to: Manitou, Oklahoma Manitou, Manitoba Manitou River (Ontario) Manitou, New York train station Manitou, the German-style board game Gitche Manitou, the Great Spirit among Native American and First Nations cultures. ... North America The French established colonies across the New World in the 17th century. ...

For many years there have been claims that a monster similar to the Loch Ness Monster and Ogopogo lives in the lake. It has been named Manipogo. The famous Surgeons photo The Loch Ness Monster, sometimes called Nessie or Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) is a creature or group of creatures said to live in Loch Ness, a deep freshwater loch (lake) near the city of Inverness in northern Scotland. ... Ogopogo is the name given to the reputed lake monster which dwells in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. ...

External link

• Ice Fishing on Lake Manitoba with the Saint-Laurent Metis