Lake Forest, Manitoba Weather
Lake Forest, Manitoba — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Lake Forest in 21-20-4E.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Forest.
About Lake Forest, Manitoba
Lake Forest is a community in 21-20-4E, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Lake Forest is located at 50.7394°N, 96.9894°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: R1A.
Lake Forest rests upon the low, limestone-shelved margins of Lake Winnipeg, where the horizon dissolves into a seamless slate of water and sky. It lies 11.8 km north of Gimli, MB (from Gimli, MB: bearing 0°T), and is situated 11.6 km north-north-east of Aspen Park. The air here holds a sharp, brine-tinged clarity, carrying the scent of drying reeds and the damp, cool exhales of the deep lake. Nearby, the Drunken River traces a slow, meandering path toward the shoreline, its currents shifting through the silt of the basin with a quiet, persistent weight. Beyond the immediate banks, the land holds a stillness that gathers in the hollows of the brush, particularly as the low sun lengthens the shadows of the poplars and turns the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered copper. Life in Lake Forest settles into the intervals between the seasonal shifts, defined by the proximity of Camp Morton Provincial Park, which provides a wooded threshold between the residential clearings and the wilder edges of the coast. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the lake, drawing on a legacy of small-scale harvest and the steady, practical maintenance of property that has persisted for generations. While the pace of the days is measured by the light, the character of Lake Forest is marked by an enduring resilience, a quiet persistence that mirrors the way the forest encroaches upon the clearings, reclaiming the edges of the land with every passing winter.
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Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Lake Forest, 21-20-4E, Manitoba |
| Coordinates | 50.739444°N, 96.989444°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | R1A |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Lake Forest, Manitoba Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Forest, Manitoba, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lake Forest includes coordinates 50.739444°N, 96.989444°W, situated in 21-20-4E. Postal FSA: R1A. Telephone area code: 204, 431. Timezone: Central Time (UTC−6 / −5).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.