Manitoba Lake
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Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba, Lake Manitoba |
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| Delta Marsh Field on the southern lake shore | ||
| Geographical location | Manitoba (Canada) | |
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Waterhen River , Whitemud River |
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| Drain | Fairford River | |
| Location close to the shore | Portage la Prairie | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 54 ′ N , 98 ° 49 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 247 m | |
| surface | 4th 624 km² | |
| volume | approx. 14.1 billion m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 7 m | |
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Lake Manitoba ( English Lake Manitoba ; French Lac Manitoba ) is one of the larger lakes in Canada .
It is located in the province of Manitoba , about 75 km northwest of the provincial capital Winnipeg , and has an area of about 4,700 km². It has a north-south extension of about 200 km and lies roughly parallel to its larger eastern neighbor, Lake Winnipeg .
The main tributary is the Waterhen River , which drains the northern lake Winnipegosissee . The water of Lake Manito flows over the Fairford River to Lake St. Martin and further over the Dauphin River to Lake Winnipeg .
Like its neighbors, the Winnipegosis and Winnipeg Lakes and the Lake of the Woods further south-east, it emerged from the vast prehistoric Agassiz Lake , which once stretched across large parts of central North America.
