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The irregularly shaped lake, about 200 km long, is the smallest of a group of three large lakes, the other two being Lake Winnipeg (the largest) and Lake Winnipegosis, which are found on the floor of the prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz.

It is primarily fed by Lake Winnipegosis to its northwest via the Waterhen River , and drains northeast into Lake Winnipeg via the Dauphin River . It is thus part of the watershed of the Nelson River and Hudson Bay.

The southern tip of the lake, 24 km north of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, ends in the Delta Marsh, an important staging ground for migrating birds.

Communities on the lake include Fairford , Steep Rock , St. Laurent , and Amaranth .

The lake, its shores populated by the Assiniboine Cree , was made known to Europeans by La Vérendrye in the mid- 1730s. It was part of the route of the fur trade to Hudson Bay.

The name derives from CreeCree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. We can divide the Cree dialect continuum by several criteria. Dialects spoken from north-eastern Ontario manitou-wapow or Ojibwa manitou-bah, both meaning " straitA strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. The terms strait channel and passage can be synonymous and interchangeable, although channel has other meanings. Many straits are economs of Manitou , the Great Spirit," a toponym referring to what are now called The Narrows in the centre of the lake. The lake was known to French explorersThe French established colonies across the New World in the 17th century. They were developed to export sugar and furs among other products. North America Explorers and settlers from France settled in what is now Canada, the Mississippi Valley and along t as Lac des Prairies.

For many years there have been claims that a monster similar to the Loch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster sometimes called Nessie is a creature or group of creatures said to live in Loch Ness, a large lake in Scotland near the city of Inverness. Nessie is generally considered a lake monster. Along with Bigfoot and Yeti, Nessie is perhaps and OgopogoOgopogo is the name given to reputed lake monsters which dwell in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. Its most likely identity, according to the noted British zoologist Dr. Karl Shuker, is that of a surviving species of Zeuglodon, a primitive serpent lives in the lake. It has been named Manipogo .