Land Management

The document details the land management landscape of the lower Winnipeg River basin, identifying the distribution of Crown and private lands, municipal zoning, and the specific land claims and harvesting rights of Indigenous groups including the Sagkeeng First Nation, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, and Métis people.

• Land use in the lower Winnipeg River basin (LWRB) is divided among several designations: provincial forest covers 27% of the total area, Resource Development Zones cover 23%, and Agricultural Zones cover 7%, though actual cropland only accounts for 3% of the total area.
• While the Whiteshell Provincial Park covers 1,073 km2 of the LWRB, only 660 km2 is designated as protected, leaving 413 km2 open to commercial resource development such as mining. The park currently lacks a management plan as required by Manitoba’s Provincial Parks Act, with the last available plan dating from 1983.
• Indigenous land interests in the LWRB include the Sagkeeng First Nation, whose reserves constitute about 1% of the basin and who claim unextinguished Indigenous title over traditional lands from Fort Alexander to the Ontario border. Additionally, the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is pursuing a treaty land entitlement process to convert lands within the RM of Lac du Bonnet to reserve status, and the area is a Métis Recognized Harvesting Area.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2021). Land Management. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-06/winnipeg-river-basin-sheet-9-land-management.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Land Management. 2021. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-06/winnipeg-river-basin-sheet-9-land-management.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=International Institute for Sustainable Development |title=Land Management |date=May 2021 |url=https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-06/winnipeg-river-basin-sheet-9-land-management.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2021land, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Land Management}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-06/winnipeg-river-basin-sheet-9-land-management.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }