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Encyclopedia > Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnipegosis
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Location Manitoba
Coordinates 52°30′N 100°00′WCoordinates: 52°30′N 100°00′W
Primary sources Red Deer, Woody, Swan
Primary outflows Water Hen River
Catchment area 49,825 km² (19,237 mi²)
Basin countries Canada
Max length 195 km (121 mi)
Max width 51 km (32 mi)
Surface area 5,370 km² (2,075 mi²)
Max depth 254 m (833 ft)
Settlements Camperville Winnipegosis

Lake Winnipegosis (52°30′N, 100°00′W) is a large (5,370 km²) lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. It is Canada's eleventh-largest lake. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 575 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1000 × 1043 pixel, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lake Winnipeg Lake... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ... Camperville is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Mountain (South). ... General Info Located at 51° 37 N, 99° 56 W, Winnipegosis is a small town of perhaps 800 people. ... Blowdown Lake in the mountains near Pemberton, British Columbia A lake (from Latin lacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ...


The elongated, 195 kilometre long lake is the second-largest of three large lakes in central Manitoba; the other two are Lake Winnipeg, the largest, and Lake Manitoba. All three lakes are on the floor of the prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz. Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, on Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg (52°30′N 97°47′W) is a very large (24,400 km²) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 km north of the city of Winnipeg. ... Lake Manitoba is a large (4,624 sq. ... 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. ...


The lake's watershed extends over some 49,825 km² in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Tributaries include the Red Deer, Woody, and Swan rivers. The lake drains through the Water Hen River into Lake Manitoba, and is thus part of the Lake Winnipeg, Nelson River, and Hudson Bay watersheds. A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (blue outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (green lines) of a contiguous area. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area  Ranked... Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, on Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg (52°30′N 97°47′W) is a very large (24,400 km²) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 km north of the city of Winnipeg. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hudson Bay, Canada. ...


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'.


The lake is famous for its commercial fishery of walleye and other freshwater species. It is also well known for its migratory bird populations, which make it a prime hunting area in the fall. Binomial name (Mitchill, 1818) Subspecies S. v. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... “Hunter” redirects here. ...


Communities on the lake include Camperville and Winnipegosis. Winnipegosis is a village on the south end of the lake. The population is about 700 people. Camperville is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Mountain (South). ... General Info Located at 51° 37 N, 99° 56 W, Winnipegosis is a small town of perhaps 800 people. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Manitoba Lake - LoveToKnow 1911 (161 words)
MANITOBA, a lake of Manitoba province, Canada, situated between 50° 11' and 51° 48' N. and 97° 56' and 99° 35' W. It has an area of 1711 sq.
The Waterhen river, which carries the discharge of Lake Winnipegosis, is the only considerable stream entering the lake.
It is drained by the Little Saskatchewan river into Lake Winnipeg.
Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3315 words)
The significant input sources are precipitation onto the lake; runoff carried by streams and channels from the lake's catchment area; groundwater channels and aquifers; and artificial sources from outside the catchment area.
The material at the bottom of a lake or lake bed may be composed of a wide variety of materials, including inorganics such as silt or sand sediments, and organic material such as decaying plant or animal matter.
A lake may be infilled with deposited sediment, and gradually, the lake becomes a wetland, such as a swamp or marsh.
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