Lakes & Waterways

Find a little bit of paradise in the Parkland
Beautiful Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park

Whether you’re fishing, boating, swimming, water-skiing, sailing or just laying around on the sandy beaches, you’ll find the lakes of the Parkland hard to beat for summertime fun.

Blue Lakes

Duck Mountain Provincial Park

East Blue Lake is the clearest of all Duck Mountain Provincial Park’s spring-fed lakes. On a clear day, you can see the bottom of the lake down to 18.5 m (60  ft.). Enjoy swimming or boating, or make use of the Duck Mountain trail system for hiking. East Blue and Childs Lakes are among Manitoba’s finer scuba diving lakes. Facilities include a campground and overnight accommodations, supply store and gasoline. Located at the junction of PR366 and PR367.

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Childs Lake - Fishing

Duck Mountain Provincial Park

Open year-round, Childs Lake is accessible by road and offers fishing for lake trout, northern pike, splake and walleye. Most services are available at the lake, including boat and canoe rentals, gas, guide services, fish processing, tackle, bait, and licences. Located in Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

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Clear Lake

Riding Mountain National Park

Visit Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. Bring your own boat, kayak, canoe, or paddle board and explore this national park by water. To rent equipment, visit Friends of Riding Mountain office or go to nearby Onanole. Help keep Riding Mountain National Park’s lakes clean by getting your mandatory aquatic invasive species inspection.

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Corstorphine Lake

Sandy Lake

Species stocked are brown and rainbow trout. Facilities include a dock and outhouse.

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Dauphin Lake

Dauphin

A number of parks and beaches line the shores of this large, shallow lake. Rainbow Beach Provincial Park, on the southwestern shore of the lake, is the perfect spot for an afternoon

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East Goose Lake

Roblin

East Goose Lake was one of the first aerated trout lakes in the region and has historical significance in the creation of the first-ever Canadian National Fly-Fishing Championship. Located right in the town of Roblin, this lake features very large brown trout, rainbow trout, perch and walleye. It is not uncommon to catch a 75-cm fish out of this lake. In addition to the all-female rainbows stocked province-wide by Manitoba Fisheries, this lake holds both the female and male sexes of a unique strain of rainbows found only in Roblin, coined Markosky Trout. This lake has multiple docks, picnic tables, a boat launch, and is serviced by a campground with a shower and washroom facility. » more

Glad Lake

Duck Mountain Provincial Park

Fly-fishers are recording good catches of rainbow trout from this lake. The lake accommodates camping, and has a washroom and a boat launch. Anglers are offered a great opportunity to catch pike and rainbow trout, and Glad Lake is the only lake in the Parkland which offers Arctic Char.

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Persse Lake

Boggy Creek

Persse Lake is one of the three lakes that make up the Trout Triangle. This trophy trout lake offers anglers large brown trout, brook trout and perch. There are picnic tables on-site and an outhouse.

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Tees Lake

Boggy Creek, Duck Mountain Provincial Park

The newest addition to Parkland’s trout fisheries, Tees Lake is one of the three lakes that make up the Trout Triangle. This lake offers trophy brown trout, rainbow trout, and a limited stocking of an albino rainbow trout strain that is known to be very fast in the water. There is an outhouse on site with a grey water dump and the makings of a future campground. » more

Twin Lakes

Boggy Creek

Twin Lakes is Manitoba’s most productive trophy tiger trout waters, making it a provincial icon and a highly sought destination for both national and international anglers. Part of the Trout Triangle, Twin Lakes offers exclusively as catch and release, Manitoba’s largest and most aggressive exotic brook and brown trout hybrid known as the tiger trout. There are picnic tables and an outhouse on site.

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West Goose Lake

Roblin

Lost in the shadows of East Goose Lake’s reputation, West Goose Lake has been largely kept off the radar of the angling masses, which has resulted in exceptional growth conditions for the resident trout populations. Rainbows and browns in this lake seem to be much bigger and more aggressive at smashing shorelines and devouring whatever tackle is placed in front of them. It is not uncommon to catch multiple Master Angler-size trout in one outing. Species in this lake are brown trout, rainbow trout, Markosky trout, perch and smallmouth bass. This lake has multiple docks, picnic tables, a boat launch and an outhouse. » more

West Watjask Lake

Duck Mountain Provincial Forest

This new fishery edition to the Parkland lakes found in the Duck Mountains Forest area offers anglers a rare opportunity to catch Musky. » more

Boat Rentals

Easy-to-control 14-foot Jon-boats with 55-lb thrust electric motors perfect for fishing aerated trophy trout lakes can be rented from two Parkland locations: one in Rossburn and one in Roblin. The very mobile boats can be picked up or delivered to a number of nearby lakes, and even transferred mid-day from one lake to another if desired. Rods, tackle and a number of other gear can be arranged for the light-travelling avid angler passing through or families who want to try out fishing for the first time. Visit parklandsboatrentals.ca to book a rental online.