Wildlife Management Areas, designated under The Wildlife Act, are intended to maintain critical habitat for wildlife in Manitoba. The first to be established was the Watson P. Davidson WMA, in 1961.
WMA
Year
Est.Area
(hectares)Comment
Alonsa
1974
10,911
Assiniboine Corridor
1984
3,373
Basket Lake
1974
7,260
Bernice
1974
65
Brandon Hills
1976
761
Broad Valley
1969
4,091
Broomhill
1967
330
Churchill
1978
851,525
Formerly Cape Churchill
Catfish Creek
1988
6,414
Cayer
1984
1,535
Clematis
1969
5,406
C. Stuart Stevenson
1974
130
David G. Tomasson
1988
1,425
Formerly Washow Bay; renamed for civil servant David Gunnar Tomasson (2021)
Deerwood
1984
65
Portion removed to form Don W. Orchard (2021)
Delta Marsh
2005
11,275
Dog Lake
1968
13,900
Don W. Orchard
2021
216
Formed from portion of Deerwood; named for politician Donald W. Orchard
Ebor
1988
65
Edward A. Poyser
2021
195
Formed from portion of Whitemud Watershed; named for agrologist Edward Arnold “Ted” Poyser
Ewonchuk
2011
566
Dr. Frank Baldwin
1990
6,769
Formerly Lake Francis (renamed 2021); named for conservationist Frank Baldwin
Frank W. Boyd
2021
195
Formed from portion of Pierson
Gerald W. Malaher
1974
60
Named for conservationist Gerald William Malaher
Grahamdale
1974
1,504
Grant's Lake
1974
400
Gypsumville
1969
2,504
Harperville
1969
645
Harrison
1997
65
Hilbre
1969
1,275
Hilltop
2006
130
Holmfield
1988
65
Inwood
1969
2,320
John T. Williams
1984
725
Formerly Thalberg Bush (renamed 2021)
Kaskatamagan
1973
558,810
Formerly Cape Tatnam
Kaskatamagan Sipi
2009
133,820
Kenneth H. Wark
2021
65
Formed from portion of Parkland
Langruth
1965
1,823
Lauder Sandhills
1971
3,205
Lee Lake
1969
7,146
Lee River
1997
1,185
Little Birch
1969
22,501
Little Saskatchewan River
1988
65
Portion removed to form Roy Greer
Lundar
1969
1,110
Mantagao Lake
1968
51,368
Maple Lake
1988
65
Mars Hill
1991
3,392
Marshy Point
1984
705
Moose Creek
1988
70,561
Moosehorn
1974
198
Narcisse
1969
11,916
Oak Hammock Marsh
1973
3,580
Observation Point
2009
6,530
Onanole
1974
656
Otter Lake
1988
65
Parkland
1976
838
Portion removed to form Kenneth H. Wark
Pembina Valley
1974
3,084
Peonan Point
1969
2,193
Pierson
1974
65
Portion removed to form Frank W. Boyd
Point River
1984
3,445
Portage Sandhills
1984
1,591
Proulx Lake
1974
3,124
Proven Lake
1984
2,019
Rat River
1984
1,040
Red Deer
2015
113,700
Rembrandt
1974
1,247
Riverside
1997
85
Roy Greer
2021
260
Formed from portion of Little Saskatchewan River
St. Malo
1978
167
Sandridge
1969
1,253
Saskeram
1963
94,990
Sharpewood
1969
1,867
Sleeve Lake
1969
15,857
Souris River Bend
1968
2,182
Spruce Woods
1988
291
Spur Woods
1995
725
Steeprock
1966
1,905
Stuartburn
1997
325
Skylake
2019
614
Tiger Hills
1974
555
Tom Lamb
1965
216,418
Formerly Mawdesley; named for aviator Thomas “Tom” Lamb
Turtle Mountain
1976
258
Upper Assiniboine
1976
2,097
Wakopa
1988
65
Watson P. Davidson
1961
5,944
Named for businessman Watson Pogue Davidson
Weiden
1984
850
Wellington
1990
65
Westlake
1984
5,911
Whitemouth Bog
2009
3,010
Whitemud Watershed
1976
5,457
Portion removed to form Edward A. Poyser (2021)
Whitewater Lake
1972
8,609
Conservation Comment: Land for Wildlife and People, Manitoba Department of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management, December 1974. [Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Dairy Farms Limited Fonds. P7049/17]
We thank Manitoba Sustainable Development (Wildlife and Fisheries Branch) for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 May 2021
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