Lake Wahtopanah

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lake_name = Lake Wahtopanah
image_lake = Wahtopanah.jpg
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location = Manitoba
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type = Artificial lake
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catchment = convert|1260|sqmi|km2|abbr=on
basin_countries = Canada
length = convert|6|mi|km|abbr=on
width = convert|2000|ft|m|abbr=on
area = convert|1580|acre|km2|abbr=on
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max-depth = convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on
volume = convert|24500|acre.ft|-5|abbr=on|lk=on
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elevation = convert|1536|ft|m|abbr=on
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Lake Wahtopanah, also known as Rivers Reservoir, is a lake on the Little Saskatchewan River near the town of Rivers, Manitoba. Its dam was built by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in 1960 to supplement water supplies for irrigation. It also provides the water supply for the town of Rivers, stock watering and recreation. The reservoir is about convert|2000|ft|m wide and six miles (10 km) long. The deepest point is about convert|50|ft|m. Riparian flows are regulated by a four foot square gated conduit. High flows pass over a convert|110|ft|m|sing=on wide concrete chute spillway. The reservoir stores about convert|24500|acre feet and covers an area of about convert|1580|acre|km2. The drainage area is about convert|1260|sqmi|km2 and extends well into Riding Mountain National Park. The province maintains a park and campground on the west shore.The name is an alternate form of the Native word watopapinah meaning "canoe people" [cite book |last=Hodges |first=F.W. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Handbook of Indians of Canada published as an appendix to the tenth report of the Geographic Board of Canada|year=1971 |publisher=Coles |location= |isbn= ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.mts.net/~buermeye/RIVERS.HTM Rivers Reservoir or Lake Wahtopanah]