Turtle Mountain Provincial Park

49.0435° N, 100.2008° W

Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is a 171 km² provincial park 6 km southeast of Mountainside, in Manitoba. It was established in 1961.

47 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Sharpe Lake (3.15 km²).

Area
171 km²
Established
1961
Named lakes
47

Conditions today

6.9 °C

Wind SSE 9 km/h, gusts 37

Observed at Turtle Mountain (Provincial Park), as of Thu 10:00 p.m. CDT

Tonight: Cloudy. Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h overnight. Low plus 5.

Weather: Turtle Mountain (Provincial Park) (local forecast), as of Thu 10:02 p.m. CDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:20 a.m.
Sunrise
7:52 a.m.
Sunset
7:02 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:34 p.m.
Moonrise
6:47 a.m.
Moonset
6:22 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 47 named lakes, ranked by area.

RankFeatureArea
1Sharpe Lake3.15 km²
2Max Lake3.03 km²
3Oskar Lake1.76 km²
4Lulu Lake1.26 km²
5Ross Lake1.25 km²
6Nellie Lake1.19 km²
7Adam Lake1.16 km²
8Breadon Lake1.01 km²
9Hartley Lake0.86 km²
10Gordon Lake0.84 km²
11Cauldwell Lake0.78 km²
12Rebecca Lake0.65 km²

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Manitoba Environment and Climate Change

Photos

Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba (42164715830)
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba (43973671441)
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba - 42164722490
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc provincial de Turtle MountainFrench form