Red River Floodway
The Red River Floodway is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada. It is a 47 km long channel which, during flood periods, takes part of the Red River's flow around the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba to the east and discharges it back into the Red River below the dam at Lockport.Photo: JPark99, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower Fort Garry.
Lower Fort Garry
Park
Photo: Vintotal, Public domain.
Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 20 mi north of the original Fort Garry. Treaty 1 was signed there.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lockport and Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.
Lockport
Town
Lockport is a small unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada. It is located 28 kilometres north of the city of Winnipeg along the Red River. The community is split between the Rural Municipalities of St. Andrews and St. Clements.
Rural Municipality of St. Andrews
Village
St. Andrews is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It lies west of the Red River; its southern border is approximately 8 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Rural Municipality of St. Andrews is situated 4 km southwest of Red River Floodway.
Selkirk
Photo: J Hazard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selkirk is a city of over 10,000 people in the Interlake region of Manitoba, about a quarter of whom are of Indigenous origin. The mainstays of the local economy are tourism, a steel mill, and a major psychiatric hospital.
Red River Floodway
- Type: Drainage canal
- Description: artificial flood control channel in Manitoba, Canada
- Categories: flood bypass and body of water
- Location: Manitoba, Prairies, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Red River Floodway” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “红河泄洪水道”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيضان النهر الاحمر”
- Finnish: “Red River Floodway”
- French: “canal de dérivation de la rivière Rouge”
- French: “Canal de dérivation de la rivière Rouge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Britain and Fort Garry.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lockport Provincial Park and Lieu historique national du Canada de Lower Fort Garry.
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