Wekusko Falls Provincial Park | |
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Location | Manitoba, Canada |
Nearest city | Snow Lake, Manitoba |
Coordinates | 54°47′35″N99°58′19″W / 54.79306°N 99.97194°W |
Area | 88.23 hectares (218.0 acres) [1] |
Established | 1974 |
Wekusko Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park straddling the Grass River and Wekusko Lake, located in central Manitoba on Manitoba Provincial Road 392 near Snow Lake, Manitoba.
It is also served by the Simonhouse station of the Keewatin Railway. [2]
Preceding station | Keewatin Railway | Following station | ||
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Cranberry Portage toward Pukatawagan | The Pas–Pukatawagan | Atik toward The Pas | ||
Former services | ||||
Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
Cranberry Portage toward Flin Flon | Hudson Bay Junction – Flin Flon | Atik toward Hudson Bay Junction |
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