When Winnipeg locals talk about "going to the coast," they mean the sandy shores of Lake Winnipeg, about an hour away. Part of the draw, says Joanne Liang, a senior buyer at the landmark H.P ...

It sits on the eastern side of Lake Winnipeg, North America’s sixth largest freshwater lake. The lake and its surrounding beaches are a remnant of the prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz.

A Manitoba fishing guide who lives on Lake Winnipeg in the winter says he often has to rescue unprepared and inexperienced fishers who become stranded on the ice. "When people come out here and ...