Winnipeg Lake
Area, 9460 square miles. The lake was known both to
the English on Hudson Bay and to the French in Canada, long before its
actual discovery, and is represented on a number of early maps, though
sometimes very far from its actual position. The lake was actually
discovered by La Verendrye in 1732. The name is derived from the Cree
word Wi-nipi, turbid water. The name has had a host of variants, from
Ouinipigon and Ouinipique to Winnipeck and Winipic, not to mention the
name given in Coats's Hudson Bay, Winnipeg-gon-e-sepe.