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Winnipegosis

American  
[win-uh-pi-goh-sis] / ˌwɪn ə pɪˈgoʊ sɪs /

noun

  1. Lake, a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba, W of Lake Winnipeg. 2,086 sq. mi. (5,405 sq. km).


Winnipegosis British  
/ ˌwɪnɪpəˈɡəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. a lake in S Canada, in W Manitoba. Area: 5400 sq km (2086 sq miles)

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The Prairie Evaporite Formation overlies marine carbonate rocks of the Winnipegosis Formation and is overlain in turn by marine carbonate rocks of the Dawson Bay Formation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Lake Winnipeg and lakes Winnipegosis and Manitoba, which receive the waters of the Saskatchewan and Assiniboine from the west, and discharge through the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior

The first link in this transcontinental railway dates back to 1896, when construction was commenced on the line from Gladstone towards Lake Winnipegosis.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

The tribes living near the large lakes of Manitoba, Winnipeg, and Winnipegosis have only fish as food, which they dry and pack for winter use, and eat it raw and without salt—which sounds very palatable?

From A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba by Hall, M. G. C. (Mary Georgina Caroline)

This river carries the surplus water of Winnipegosis into the large expanse of Lake Manitoba.

From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis