River
Winnipeg River
298 km from source to mouth · Canada.
CanadaFlows into Nelson River
In numbers
Length
298km
Average flow
950m³/s
Basin
135,800km²
Drop
100m
from 315 m to 215 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
298 km of river and 34 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLake of the Woodsat 315 m
- 1 kmSpruce Lake0.7 km²
- 2 kmMiddle Lake0.6 km²
- 7 kmLake of the Woods3,473 km²
- 7 kmKenora15,096 people
- 20 kmBeer Lake0.3 km²
- 29 kmHunting Lake1.6 km²
- 31 kmPoplar Portage1.4 km²
- 35 kmAdamson Lake1.7 km²
- 36 kmInn Lake0.4 km²
- 41 kmGun Lake15 km²
- 48 kmRoad Lake0.6 km²
- 54 kmLittle Sand Lake84 km²
- 56 kmMoose Lake0.6 km²
- 63 kmRoughrock Lake16 km²
- 69 kmHigh Lake0.4 km²
- 70 kmWhitedog Lake3.2 km²
- 91 kmEnglish Rivertributary
- 109 kmLittle Echo Lake4.0 km²
- 128 kmGreer Lake1.0 km²
- 135 kmWaddell Lake0.3 km²
- 152 kmEaglenest Lake164 km²
- 160 kmWilliams Lake0.4 km²
- 173 kmNumao Lake3.9 km²
- 173 kmSturgeon Falls
- 174 kmWhiteshell Rivertributary
- 177 kmNutimik Lake5.1 km²
- 195 kmEleanor Lake21 km²
- 207 kmSeven Sisters Falls
- 207 kmNatalie Lake8.9 km²
- 208 kmWhitemouth Falls
- 208 kmWhitemouth Rivertributary
- 244 kmLac du Bonnet118 km²
- 258 kmWhite Mud Falls
- 264 kmSilver Falls
- 298 kmNelson Riverat 215 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada
At the mouth it carries 947 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 2.6 seconds. It drops from 315 m to 215 m, 0.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 135,800 km², about the size of GR. 133,000 people live in it. Highest water: from June to July; lowest: from December to March. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 103% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- KenoraLargest city on its banks · 15,096 people
- Kenora Airport (YQK)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 9 km from the cityCar hire in Fort FrancesDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water15 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe16 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Winnipeg River, month by month
Highest water: from June to July
Lowest water: from December to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from November to March. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 850 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Winnipeg River: the basin in numbers
136,118 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 133,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 391maverage altitude of the basin
- 668mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 1.8°Caverage air temperature
- 13%protected areas
- 16.3%covered by lakes
- 31km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 61% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 1% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Winnipeg River: what you find on the way
- 3WaterfallsSturgeon Falls, Whitemouth Falls, Upper Coca Cola Falls
- 16RapidsBlack Sturgeon Rapids and 15 more
- 5Boat rampsDarlington Bay (Keewatin) Boat Launch and 4 more
- 10MarinasPinawa Marina and 9 more
- 4River beachesKeewatin Beach, Coney Island Beach, Norman Beach and 1 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Winnipeg River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
5waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
25lakes on its wayLakeyas
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (5)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Sturgeon Fallskm 165
- Seven Sisters Fallskm 196
- Whitemouth Fallskm 197
- White Mud Fallskm 245
- Silver Fallskm 251
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (25)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lake of the Woodskm 6 · 64 m deep3,473km²
- Gun Lakekm 3915km²
- Little Sand Lakekm 5284km²
- Roughrock Lakekm 5916km²
- Eaglenest Lakekm 145164km²
- Eleanor Lakekm 18521km²
- Natalie Lakekm 1968.9km²
- Lac du Bonnetkm 232118km²
17 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Orange Hill10 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Nelson RiverCanada644 km2,800 m³/sTributaries (7)
Also: English River, Whitemouth River, Whiteshell River, Black Sturgeon River, MacFarlane River, Bird River, Maskwa River
In the same basin
Canada547 km700 m³/sNorth Saskatchewan RiverCanada1,380 km240 m³/sSouth Saskatchewan RiverCanada1,000 km250 m³/sRed River of the NorthCanada890 km260 m³/sAssiniboine RiverCanada1,275 km45 m³/sBow RiverCanada587 km130 m³/sRed Deer RiverCanada801 km70 m³/sOldman RiverCanada445 km95 m³/sQu'Appelle RiverCanada743 km14 m³/sSouris RiverCanada1,240 km60 m³/sWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1400022) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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