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WINNIPEG , a See also:lake and See also:river of See also:Canada. The lake is in See also:Saskatchewan, See also:Manitoba and See also:Keewatin, and is situated between 50° 20' and 53° 50' N. and 96° 20' and 49° 15' W. It covers an See also:area of 8555 sq. in., is at an See also:altitude of 710 ft. above the See also:sea, is 26o m. See also:long, 25 to 6o m. wide, and contains several large islands, including See also:Reindeer (70 sq. m.) and Big See also:Island (6o sq. m.). It is shallow, being nowhere more than 70 ft. in See also:depth, and in See also:con-sequence extremely stormy and dangerous. It abounds in See also:fish, its See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white fish being especially celebrated. Its shores are See also:low and on the See also:south extremely marshy. The See also:principal affluent See also:rivers are: Red river, from the south; Winnipeg, Bloodvein, Berens and See also:Poplar from the See also:east; and the Dauphin and Saskatchewan from the See also:west. It receives the surplus See also:waters of lakes Manitoba and See also:Winnipegosis, and discharges by the river See also:Nelson into See also:Hudson See also:Bay. The river Winnipeg rises near Savanne station in 48° 47' N. and 89° 57' W., and flows in a See also:westerly direction under the names of Savanne, See also:Seine, and See also:Rainy rivers to the Lake of the See also:Woods; issuing thence as the Winnipeg, it flows N.W. with an exceedingly tortuous and turbulent course to the lake of the same name. It is navigable from the See also:foot of the Lake of the Woods to the See also:head of Rainy lake—with a See also:short See also:portage at Fort Frances falls—a distance of 208 m. Its principal tributary is See also:English river.
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