Lake Winnipeg is an extremely 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 and the third-largest freshwater lake contained entirely within Canada, but it is relatively shallow 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.
Canoe camping, also known as touring, tripping or expedition canoeing, is a combination of canoeing and camping. Canoe campers carry enough with them to travel and camp for several days via a canoe.
Eastern Manitoba, or the Eastman Region, is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is bounded on the north by the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg, on the east by the Manitoba-Ontario border, on the south by the Canada–US border, and on the west by the Red River. With a population of 128,855 as of the 2021 Canadian census, the Eastman Region is the second most populous region outside of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region.
Whiteshell Provincial Park is a provincial park in southeast Manitoba, approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the city of Winnipeg. The park is considered to be a Class II protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. It is 275,210 hectares in size.
The Whiteshell River is one of the major rivers in Whiteshell Provincial Park, in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, near the Ontario border. This river is close to some petroform sites that are about 2000 years old or older. The name "whiteshell" is in reference to the Meegis or cowry shells used by Ojibwa peoples in their ceremonies and teachings, especially the Midewiwin, and as recorded in their birch bark scrolls.
Nopiming Provincial Park is a natural provincial park in Manitoba, Canada, located on the southeast side of the province, along the boundary with Ontario.
Atikaki Provincial Park is a wilderness park in Manitoba, Canada, located east of Lake Winnipeg along the Ontario boundary in the Canadian Shield. The area of Atikaki Provincial Park is 3,981 square kilometres (1,537 sq mi). Atikaki Provincial Park is north of Nopiming Provincial Park and borders the Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario.
The Whitemouth River is located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The mouth of the river empties into the Winnipeg River system at the Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park.
Bissett is a community situated on Rice Lake in the southeastern region of Manitoba, Canada, classified as a northern community and designated place. Located two and a half hours northeast of Winnipeg on Provincial Road 304, Bissett is an entry point to Nopiming Provincial Park.
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a provincial park in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, west of the municipality of Red Lake. It borders Atikaki Provincial Park and Nopiming Provincial Park in eastern Manitoba, and is made up of Canadian Shield and boreal forest. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is a wilderness park of 450,000 hectares, and it became part of the Pimachiowin Aki UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
Snowshoe Lake is a lake in Kenora District, Ontario, and in Division No. 1, Manitoba, Canada, and part of the Nelson River drainage basin. It is about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long and 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide, and lies at an elevation of 322 metres (1,056 ft). The primary inflow is the Bird River from Chase Lake, and the primary outflow is the Bird River, to McGregor Lake, which flows via the Winnipeg River and the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Small portions of the lake on the northwest, west and southwest, including the Bird River outflow, are in Nopiming Provincial Park in Manitoba.
Manigotagan is a settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located near the mouth of the Manigotagan River at Lake Winnipeg.
The Western Great Lakes forests is a terrestrial ecoregion as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It is within the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome of North America. It is found in northern areas of the United States' states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and in southern areas of the Canadian province of Manitoba and northwestern areas of the province of Ontario.
Provincial Road 304 is a provincial road in eastern Manitoba, Canada. It begins at PTH 59/PTH 12 south of Grand Beach and runs to Powerview-Pine Falls at the PTH 11 junction. Near the town, PR 304 crosses the Winnipeg River at the Pine Falls Generating Station, operated by Manitoba Hydro. From there, PR 304 heads north and then east to the community of Bissett, before terminating at Provincial Road 314 near the northern boundary of Nopiming Provincial Park.
Provincial Road 314 is a provincial road in the eastern region of Manitoba, Canada, running through Nopiming Provincial Park. It begins at PR 304 near the northern boundary of the park and becomes PR 315 near its southern boundary.
Provincial Road 315 is a provincial road in the eastern region of Manitoba, Canada. It begins at PR 313 northeast of Lac du Bonnet and ends at the Ontario boundary, running through the southern part of Nopiming Provincial Park.
Manigotagan River Provincial Park is a nature park in the province of Manitoba, Canada, named for the whitewater Manigotagan River that runs through it. Designated as a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba on 1 December 2004, it is the 80th provincial park in Manitoba. It is considered to be a Class II protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.
The Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park is a large provincial park in Kenora and Rainy River Districts, roughly located between Ignace and Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. It has been recognized as a "natural area with unique biophysical, recreational, and cultural attributes."
