A brief summary of the hydrology of Lakes Winnipegosis and Manitoba / G.H. MacKay.
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TextPublication details: Winnipeg, MB : 1965. Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Conservation,Description: 10 (4) p. : ill. , map ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Towards the close of the last glacial age when the continental ice sheet, which had covered the northern portion of North America, was gradually melting, drainage to the north was blocked. As a result a vast glacial lake, Lake Agassiz, was formed. This lake drained southward into the Mississippi Basin and also, for a time, easterly towards Lake Superior. With further melting of the glacier, an outlet to the north was opened up which allowed the lake to drain to Hudsons Bay. The big lakes of Manitoba, Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba and Winnipegosis, are the remainders of glacial Lake Agassiz. Lake Winnipegosis, the highest of the three lakes drains via the Waterhen River into Lake Manitoba which in turn drains via the Fairford and Dauphin Rivers in Lake Winnipeg.Lake Winnipeg which receives water form the drainage basins of the Saskatchewan, Red and Winnipeg Rivers, as well as from Lake Manitoba,drains via the Nelson River into Hudsons Bay. This paper presents a brief description of the hy
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Towards the close of the last glacial age when the continental ice sheet, which had covered the northern portion of North America, was gradually melting, drainage to the north was blocked. As a result a vast glacial lake, Lake Agassiz, was formed. This lake drained southward into the Mississippi Basin and also, for a time, easterly towards Lake Superior. With further melting of the glacier, an outlet to the north was opened up which allowed the lake to drain to Hudsons Bay. The big lakes of Manitoba, Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba and Winnipegosis, are the remainders of glacial Lake Agassiz. Lake Winnipegosis, the highest of the three lakes drains via the Waterhen River into Lake Manitoba which in turn drains via the Fairford and Dauphin Rivers in Lake Winnipeg.Lake Winnipeg which receives water form the drainage basins of the Saskatchewan, Red and Winnipeg Rivers, as well as from Lake Manitoba,drains via the Nelson River into Hudsons Bay. This paper presents a brief description of the hy