Lakes

Lakes

A database referring to large standing bodies of fresh water in a basin. A lake is apart from rivers or streams that serve to fill or drain the lake.

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Frenchman Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Frenchman Lake is a lake of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada in the community of Dartmouth.

Dauphin Lake was named for the heir to the French throne in 1739 by Francois de La Verendrye. It is in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of 200 square miles ...

Gods Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The lake covers an area of 1,151 square kilometres (444 sq mi), making it the 7th largest lake in the province. It lies north of Island Lake at ...

Cedar Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Cedar Lake is a 1,750-acre (7.0 km²) reservoir in southern Illinois, created by the damming of Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River, in 1974. The lake is located in Jackson County, ...

Cross Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Cross Lake is a lake in Manitoba on the Nelson River north of Lake Winnipeg. It is long and narrow and extends at least 40 miles east-northeast. The Nelson enters and leaves on the west side. The ...

Lake Manitoba

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Manitoba is Canada's thirteenth largest lake (4,624 km2) and the world's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is named after ...

Granville Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Granville Lake is an Indian settlement in northern Manitoba. The community does not have all-weather road access; rather the community relies on ice roads in the winter and the lake-river system in ...