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WINNIPEGOSIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 732 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WINNIPEGOSIS , a See also:

lake of See also:Manitoba and See also:Saskatchewan, See also:Canada, between 51° 34' and 53° 11' N. and 990 37' and See also:roe o6' W. Its greatest length is 122 m.; greatest width 17 m.; See also:shore-See also:line 570 m.; and See also:area, exclusive of islands, 2000 sq. m. Its greatest ascertained See also:depth is 38 ft., and mean See also:altitude 828 ft. above the See also:sea. Mossy See also:river from the See also:south, draining Lake Dauphin, See also:Swan, and Red See also:Deer See also:rivers are the only considerable streams that fall into it. It drains by the Waterhen river through Waterhen lake into Lake Manitoba, and thence by the Little Saskatchewan into Lake See also:Winnipeg. It was discovered by the See also:chevalier de la Verendrye in 1739.

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