Falcon Lake (Manitoba)
| Falcon Lake | |
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| Location | Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Falcon Lake is located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The lake is about 152 kilometres east of Winnipeg on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario border.[1][2] The lake is named for Métis poet and songwriter Pierre Falcon (1793-1876).[3]
It is known in Ufology for the May 20, 1967 UFO sighting known as the Falcon Lake Incident.[4]
The 2010 album The Falcon Lake Incident was recorded at a cottage on Falcon Lake by Canadian singer-songwriter Jim Bryson.[5]
The lake may have inspired the name of TV series Falcon Beach although that fictional location is set on another Manitoba Lake.
Climate
Under the Köppen climatic classification Falcon Lake has a humid continental climate with warm and sometimes hot summers and extremely cold winters.
| Climate data for Falcon Lake | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
32 (90) |
34 (93) |
38 (100) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.9 (75) |
9.5 (49.1) |
38 (100) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−7.2 (19) |
0.5 (32.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.8 (73) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24 (75) |
17.7 (63.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.3 (−0.9) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−6 (21) |
3.1 (37.6) |
11.1 (52) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.2 (63) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5 (41) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −24.7 (−12.5) |
−21.1 (−6) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9 (48) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −45 (−49) |
−45 (−49) |
−41.1 (−42) |
−30 (−22) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−3 (27) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−4 (25) |
−7.8 (18) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−39 (−38) |
−42 (−44) |
−45 (−49) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.6 (1.047) |
16.3 (0.642) |
21.8 (0.858) |
25.2 (0.992) |
57 (2.24) |
91.6 (3.606) |
89.6 (3.528) |
68.8 (2.709) |
55.6 (2.189) |
46.6 (1.835) |
34.9 (1.374) |
27.3 (1.075) |
561.3 (22.098) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Falcon Lake Manitoba Canada Summer 2009 (2).JPG
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Falcon Lake Manitoba Canada Summer 2009 (24).JPG
Falcon Lake
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Falcon Lake Manitoba Canada Summer 2009 (25).JPG
Piers at Falcon Lake
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Falcon Lake Manitoba Canada Summer 2009 (17).JPG
Falcon Lake
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Falcon Lake June 4th 2013.jpg
Falcon lake
See also
References
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- ↑ "Jim Bryson Recruits the Weakerthans for The Falcon Lake Incident". Exclaim!, September 23, 2010.
- ↑ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 17 April 2011
External links
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