Misplaced Pages

Whitefish Lake (Manitoba)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Lake in Manitoba, Canada

For other uses, see Whitefish Lake (disambiguation).
Whitefish Lake
Whitefish Lake is located in ManitobaWhitefish LakeWhitefish LakeLocation of the lake in ManitobaShow map of ManitobaWhitefish Lake is located in CanadaWhitefish LakeWhitefish LakeWhitefish Lake (Canada)Show map of Canada
Location Manitoba
Coordinates52°20′N 101°36′W / 52.333°N 101.600°W / 52.333; -101.600
Primary inflows
  • Little Fish Creek
  • Rock Creek
Primary outflowsWhitefish Creek
Catchment areaWoody River
Basin countries Canada
Surface area712 ha (1,760 acres)
Average depth8.1 m (27 ft)
Max. depth18.9 m (62 ft)
Surface elevation579 m (1,900 ft)
SettlementsNone

Whitefish Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is on the western side of the province immediately east of the border with Saskatchewan in the Porcupine Hills of the Manitoba Escarpment. The lake is in Manitoba's Porcupine Provincial Forest, which is a boreal forest. Accessed is on the east side from Provincial Road 279.

Several small creeks from the surrounding hills, muskeg, and smaller lakes feed into Whitefish Lake. Whitefish Creek is the outflow. It is located on the western side of the lake and flows west into Saskatchewan and then into Woody River. Woody River works itself south then back east into Manitoba and eventually empties into Swan Lake. The whole system is in the Nelson River watershed, which flows into the Hudson Bay.

Parks and recreation

Whitefish Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park on the eastern shore of Whitefish Lake. The park has 81 unserviced campsites and 29 cottages as well as lake access for fishing, swimming, and other watersports. The area also has picnic sites and hiking trails.

Fish species

Fish commonly found in Whitefish Lake include walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, cisco, and burbot.

See also

References

  1. "Whitefish Lake". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada.
  2. "Boreal Plains Ecozone". ecozones. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. "Whitefish Lake Fishing Map". GPS Nautical Charts. Bist LLC. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. "Whitefish Lake". Swan Valley Sport Fishing. Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement Inc. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. "Whitefish Creek". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. "Whitefish Lake Provincial Park". gov.mb. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. "Whitefish Lake Provincial Park RV Guide". Outdoorsy.com. Outdoorsy, Inc. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. "Whitefish Lake Provincial Park". Manitoba's Parkland. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  9. "Fishing in Whitefish Lake". Fishbrain. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
Category: