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Don’t even get me started on Lake Agassiz! (Parody)
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Water is life. 🌊
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Rising pollution sparks fear over future of Lake Winnipeg
Residents living around one of Winnipeg’s treasured lakes are growing increasingly concerned as pollution level rises, prompting urgent questions about how much the lake can sustain its vital ecosyste...
https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/08/12/pollution-lake-winnipeg/
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Lake Winnipeg gets $1.6M financial boost from feds | CBC News
The federal government says it's spending more than $1.5 million on multiple projects it says will help to protect and restore Lake Winnipeg.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lake-winnipeg-environment-federal-funding-9.6944185
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Open data platform. Fantastic idea! They include Lake Winnipeg *bats eyes* as one of their freshwater data Hubs. Data sets look fairly old though, so sharing in hopes BlueSky science peeps can maybe help with more data.
#sciencesky
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Our work - DataStream
Water advocates, scientists, and coders working together to protect freshwater. From our beginnings as a project of The Gordon Foundation, our goal was to support community involvement in freshwater s...
https://datastream.org/en-ca/our-work
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Tomorrow is one of the most consequential days in Canadian history. Vote like your life, and the lives of everyone you have ever loved are at risk. Because they are. Because it all is. 🇨🇦❤️🫡
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The algae crisis has grown to such a large scale that the blooms can be seen from outer space.
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Hey big lakes, got little puddles? Great summer program coming up if you’re local for kids 8-13.
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Education Program – Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium
https://www.lakewinnipegresearch.org/education-program/
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Zebra Mussels in Manitoba | Effects on Aquatic Ecosystem | IISD-ELA
Zebra mussels are an invasive species, occupying over 800 lakes in North America. So what threat do they pose to our aquatic ecosystem in Manitoba? Let's find out!
https://www.iisd.org/ela/blog/zebra-mussels-manitoba-facts/#:~:text=Zebra%20mussels%20have%20been%20found,Hudson's%20Bay%2C%20and%20Lake%20Manitoba
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The Cree call Lake Winnipeg ‘win nipee’ meaning “muddy water.”
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Site 04: Grand Marais - Red River North Heritage
On the south east corner of Lake Winnipeg is the village and cottage community of Grand Marais, so named by explorer LaVérendrye in 1736 meaning “the big marsh”. It began as a Métis community, became ...
https://redrivernorthheritage.com/historic-sites-activities/site-4-grand-marais/
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SCO wants Lake Winnipeg to be declared a living being
The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) is launching a Charter challenge to have Lake Winnipeg declared a living being, claiming that the province and Manitoba Hydro are damaging the lake with develop...
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-group-wants-lake-winnipeg-declared-a-living-being-1.7044712#:~:text=The%20SCO%20is%20alleging%20that,decades%2C%20causing%20potentially%20irreparable%20harm
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Not to brag or anything. 😘
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This Manitoba lake has been named one of the most beautiful in the world
A Manitoba lake has been given the prestigious title as one of the most beautiful in the world.
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/this-manitoba-lake-has-been-named-one-of-the-most-beautiful-in-the-world-1.6934638
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Lake Winnipeg Fishing: The Complete Guide for 2024
Looking for an escape to the wilderness? It doesn't get much better than fishing Lake Winnipeg. Find out why in this guide.
https://fishingbooker.com/blog/lake-winnipeg-fishing/#:~:text=Lake%20Winnipeg%20Shore%20and%20Pier%20Fishing&text=Gimli%20and%20Winnipeg%20Beach%20are,feeders%2C%20such%20as%20Channel%20Catfish
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Water is life. 🌊
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Manitoba’s Lake Winnipeg is in danger of becoming a dead lake due to increased algae blooms | CityNews Winnipeg
Manitoba's Lake Winnipeg is one of the largest lakes in the world, known for its fishing, beaches, and biodiversity, but the vast body of water is in danger of becoming a dead lake, due to increased algae blooms.
https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2023/10/20/manitobas-lake-winnipeg-is-in-danger-of-becoming-a-dead-lake-due-to-increased-algae-blooms/amp/
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Lake Winnipeg at Hecla Provincial Park. August 2021.
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8,200 years ago, the melting of remaining Hudson Bay ice caused Lake Agassiz to drain nearly completely. What water remained is now Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipegosis and Lake of the Woods.
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The average depth of Lake Winnipeg is 12.0 m with 13.3 m and 9.7 m in the North and South basins. This freshwater lake lies at an altitude of 218 m. Lake Winnipeg is the largest remnant of the giant prehistoric Lake Agassiz that formed as deglaciation proceeded between 12,000 and 8,000 years ago.
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'It's disgusting': Lake Winnipeg taken over by blue green algae bloom
People who were hoping to enjoy some time in Lake Winnipeg were hit with a major surprise when they arrived Monday, as an algae bloom has taken over the water.
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-s-disgusting-lake-winnipeg-taken-over-by-blue-green-algae-bloom-1.7031629#:~:text=Lake%20Winnipeg%20taken%20over%20by%20blue%20green%20algae%20bloom%20%7C%20CTV%20News
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Lake Winnipeg is the 10th largest lake in the world by surface area.
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The Global Nature Fund declared Lake Winnipeg as the "threatened lake of the year" in 2013.
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In Ojibwe, Lake Winnipeg is known as: Weenipagamiksaguygun
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