Pelican Lake (Manitoba)

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Outflow and inflow regulated

The Pelican Lake is a lake in the southwest of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

The Pelican Lake is a shallow, elongated lake in the Pembina Valley. The valley was created during the end of the last Ice Age, when the outflowing meltwater flowed in an easterly direction. The Pelican Lake has a water area of 26.3 km ². His elongated in a northwest-southeast direction is 18 km long. Its maximum width is 1.5 km. The lake is dammed by a dam. The natural catchment area of the lake covers 690 km ². From the south on Pelican Lake Pembina River flowing past the Pelican Lake Inlet Channel branches off, which optionally supplies water to the lake. A discharge passage of excess water is returned to the Pembina River. The water level of Pelican Lake is 411,48 m.

At the north west end of Pelican Lake, the settlement Ninette is.

The Pelican Lake is used for recreational purposes such as fishing and sailing. In Lake northern pike, walleye and American perch occur.