Lake-effect Snow - Elsewhere in Canada

Elsewhere in Canada

Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis in Manitoba traditionally see lake-effect snow as early as late October, and it is common throughout early to mid November. Towards the end of November the lakes sufficiently cool and begin to freeze ending the lake effect snow. A brief period of lake-effect snow is also common near Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories during early winter (usually early to mid October); however the lake-effect season for both lakes is very short. The lakes are frozen roughly 8 months of the year and as a result have very little time to warm during the summer months.

Other small lakes such as Lake Athabasca in northern Saskatchewan and Lake Nipigon in northwestern Ontario produce early season lake-effect snows. The Smallwood Reservoir, a man-made lake located in Labrador has on occasion generated lake-effect snow.

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