Cedar Lake, 1353 km2, 62.5 km long, elev 253 m, is located in west-central Manitoba, north of Lake WINNIPEGOSIS. The lake draws most of its waters from the huge SASKATCHEWAN RIVER drainage basin. Construction of an earthfill dam and 25.6 km of dikes in 1961-64 caused lake levels to rise 3.65 m, and assured a mean annual flow of 688 m3/s at the associated Grand Rapids hydroelectric generating station. The rising waters flooded most of a Cree reserve. The population was relocated to Easterville at the southeast corner of the lake.
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- McGinn, Roderick A.. "Cedar Lake". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 23 January 2014, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cedar-lake. Accessed 22 February 2019.
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- McGinn, R., Cedar Lake (2014). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cedar-lake
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- McGinn, Roderick A., "Cedar Lake". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 06, 2006; last modified January 23, 2014. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cedar-lake
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Cedar Lake
Article by | Roderick A. McGinn |
Published Online | February 6, 2006 |
Last Edited | January 23, 2014 |
Cedar Lake, 1353 km2, 62.5 km long, elev 253 m, is located in west-central Manitoba, north of Lake WINNIPEGOSIS. The lake draws most of its waters from the huge SASKATCHEWAN RIVER drainage basin. Construction of an earthfill dam and 25.6 km of dikes in 1961-64 caused lake levels to rise 3.