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Lakes

A database referring to large standing bodies of fresh water in a basin. A lake is apart from rivers or streams that serve to fill or drain the lake.

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Lakes

Cross Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Cross Lake is a lake in Manitoba on the Nelson River north of Lake Winnipeg. It is long and narrow and extends at least 40 miles east-northeast. The Nelson enters and leaves on the west side. The ...

Dauphin Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Dauphin Lake was named for the heir to the French throne in 1739 by Francois de La Verendrye. It is in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of 200 square miles ...

Gods Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The lake covers an area of 1,151 square kilometres (444 sq mi), making it the 7th largest lake in the province. It lies north of Island Lake at ...

Granville Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Granville Lake is an Indian settlement in northern Manitoba. The community does not have all-weather road access; rather the community relies on ice roads in the winter and the lake-river system in ...

Lake Manitoba

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Manitoba is Canada's thirteenth largest lake (4,624 km2) and the world's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is named after ...

Molson Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Molson Lake is a lake in Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada and the source of the Hayes River. It is located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the community of Norway House.

Nueltin Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Nueltin Lake straddles the Manitoba-Nunavut border in Canada. The lake, which has an area of 1,851 km2 (715 sq mi), is predominantly in Nunavut's Kivalliq Region, and on the Manitoba side there is ...

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