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Sign on the Trans-Canada Highway near Winnipeg, marking the longitude centre of Canada. There is a sign on the Trans-Canada Highway at 96°48'35"W (slightly east of Winnipeg) proclaiming it the longitudinal centre of Canada; [1] in effect, the north-south line midway between the extreme points of Canada on the east and west, including islands (including Newfoundland since 1949).
Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -96.935422 Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees; Precision. Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 0.4116 degrees. At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0021 degrees per pixel. At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0004 degrees per pixel.
Lake Winnipeg. / 52.117°N 97.250°W / 52.117; -97.250. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Winnipeg ( French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the ...
Winnipeg. / 49.88444°N 97.14639°W / 49.88444; -97.14639. Winnipeg ( / ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ / ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.
The Government of Manitoba designated Hecla Island as a provincial park in 1969. Grindstone Provincial Park was added in 1997 to create Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park. [2] The park is 1,084 square kilometres (419 sq mi) in size. [3] The park is considered to be a Class V protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. [4]
Assiniboine Park (formerly known as City Park) [1] is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located along the Assiniboine River . The Winnipeg Public Parks Board was formed in 1893, and purchased the initial land for the park in 1904. Although in use before then, the park officially opened in 1909. [2] It is named for the Assiniboine people.
This is a list of neighbourhoods in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There are 236-237 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The city has a humid continental climate with wide temperature contrasts between winter and summer, and greater precipitation in summer. Mean January temperature is −16.4 °C (2.5 °F), and mean July temperature is 19.7 °C (67.5 °F). Average annual precipitation is 521.1 mm (20.52 in); snow falls on 53 days and lies on 132 days in an ...