Winnipeg, LAKE, in Manitoba, 40 miles N. of Winnipeg city, and 650 feet above sea-level, is 280 miles long, 57 miles broad, and has an area of 8500 sq. m. Its largest tributaries are the Saskatchewan (q.v.), the Winnipeg, and the Red River of the North (q.v.); its outlet is the Nelson River (q.v.).
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