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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lower Fort Garry.

Lower Fort Garry

Park

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Lower Fort Garry is a former Hudson's Bay Company fort and present-day National Historic Site in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lockport and Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.

Lockport

Town

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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

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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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Latitude

50.0906° or 50° 5′ 26″ north

Longitude

-96.93422° or 96° 56′ 3″ west

Elevation

223 metres (732 feet)

Open location code

962533R8+68

GeoNames ID

6118638

Wikidata ID

Q2936047

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Satellite Map

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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 and Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada.

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