Whitemouth Lake is a

freshwater lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

in the

Eastman Region Eastern Manitoba, or the Eastman Region (french: Région de Eastman), is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is bounded on the north by the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg, on the east by the Manitoba-Ontario b ...

of Manitoba, located close to the United States and Ontario border of the southeast of the province. The lake is situated in the

Rural Municipality of Reynolds The Rural Municipality of Reynolds is a rural municipality in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. It is the largest rural municipality by area in Manitoba, at . Most of Manitoba's Sandilands and Agassiz Provincial Forests are located here, as are pa ...

with the

Rural Municipality of Piney The Rural Municipality of Piney is a rural municipality in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, along the border with Minnesota in the United States. Geography According to Statistics Canada, the municipality has a land area of 2,433.77 km2. It i ...

on its western shore. The lake feeds the

Whitemouth River The Whitemouth River is located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The mouth of the river empties into the Winnipeg River system at the Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park. The Whitemouth River is fed by Whitemouth Lake which is located in a remote ...

, which is a large tributary of the

Winnipeg River The Winnipeg River is a Canadian river that flows roughly northwest from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed is ...

, while the lake itself is primarily fed by underground springs. The lake contains the

Whitemouth Island Ecological Reserve Whitemouth Island Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve which is the largest island of Whitemouth Lake in Manitoba. It was established in 1999 under the ''Manitoba Ecological Reserves Act''. It is in size. The island is the most western ...

, which is a relatively untouched and pristine example of a

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...

hardwood forest. Whitemouth is a large but shallow lake in Eastman Manitoba. The lake is a popular recreational fishery for

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

, though in recent years, as a result of shallow depths and high nutrient levels, the lake can be susceptible to winter die offs of the fish population as the oxygen supplies dwindle in the lake.

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Lakes of Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub Bodies of water of Eastman Region, Manitoba

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