Lake Winnipeg

Lake Winnipeg
French: Lac Winnipeg Ojibwe: Weenipagamiksaguygun
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Location	Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates	52°7′N 97°15′W / 52.117°N 97.250°W / 52.117; -97.250
Lake type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Winnipeg River, Saskatchewan River, Red River
Primary outflows	Nelson River
Catchment area	982,900 km2 (379,500 sq mi)
Basin countries	Canada and the United States
Max. length	416 km (258 mi)
Max. width	100 km (60 mi) (N Basin) 40 km (20 mi) (S Basin)
Surface area	24,514 km2 (9,465 sq mi)
Average depth	12 m (39 ft)
Max. depth	36 m (118 ft)
Water volume	294 km3 (71 cu mi)[1]
Residence time	3.5 years [2]
Shore length1	1,858 km (1,155 mi)
Surface elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Settlements	Gimli
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Winnipeg (French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. 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. The lake's east side has pristine boreal forests and rivers that were in 2018 inscribed as Pimachiowin Aki, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The lake is 416 km (258 mi) from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas. Manitoba Hydro uses the lake as one of the largest reservoirs in the world. There are many islands, most of them undeveloped.