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.



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