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Rushforth Lake

Coordinates: 54°12′29″N 96°03′07″W / 54.20806°N 96.05194°W / 54.20806; -96.05194
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Rushforth Lake
Rushforth Lake is located in Manitoba
Rushforth Lake
Rushforth Lake
Location of the lake in Manitoba
Rushforth Lake is located in Canada
Rushforth Lake
Rushforth Lake
Rushforth Lake (Canada)
LocationCensus Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba
Coordinates54°12′29″N 96°03′07″W / 54.20806°N 96.05194°W / 54.20806; -96.05194
Primary inflowsBolton River
Primary outflowsBolton River
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Surface elevation218 m (715 ft)

Rushforth Lake is a lake in the Hayes River drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada. The lake is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi) wide and lies at an elevation of 218 metres (715 ft). The primary inflow and outflow is the Bolton River, whose waters eventually flow into Gods Lake, and via the Gods River and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who was born and raised in Eriksdale, Manitoba. Officer Rushforth's plane was shot down over France in 1944.[citation needed]

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  • "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheets 53L4, 63I1". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2010.