Bow - Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
The Bow site in Manitoba offers cold water diving with a focus on freshwater species. We’ve spotted Nine-spined Stickleback, Cisco, and Rainbow Smelt here. It’s a good option for divers keen on observing specific fish behaviour in a lake environment, rather than extensive reef structures. Ideal for local divers or those specifically interested in northern lake ecosystems.
- Location
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada, North America
- Coordinates
- 46.998290, -85.110480
Nearby Dive Sites in Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
- Alexander Reef (reef)
- Dixon Reef (reef)
- Edmund Fitzgerald (wreck)
- Griffon Reef (reef)
- Jenny Lynn - 1.3m (wreck)
- Lake Wolsley
- Leonard Reef (reef)
- McAllister Reef (reef)
- Midship
- Nanton Reef (reef)
- Overturned Stern
- Panther (Wrack) (wreck)
- Shenick Reef (reef)
- Whitestone Reef (reef)
Nearest Dive Centres to Bow
- Aquatic Adventures, Inc.
- Capital City Scuba - SSI
- Nautical North Family Adventures
- The Scuba Shop
- Underwater Connection - PADI, DAN, TDI, SDI
Marine Life in Manitoba & Prairie Lakes
Home to 30 recorded species including 28 reef fish, 1 other, 1 sea snails & nudibranchs.
Notable Species
- Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) - Reef Fish
- Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - Reef Fish
- Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) - Reef Fish
- Cisco (Coregonus artedi) - Reef Fish
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) - Reef Fish
- burbot (Lota lota) - Reef Fish
- sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
- Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - Reef Fish
- Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
- brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - Reef Fish
- coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) - Reef Fish
- Jasper Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) - Reef Fish
- White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - Reef Fish
- Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - Reef Fish
- Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) - Reef Fish
- Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - Reef Fish
- Spawn (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Reef Fish
- Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) - Reef Fish
- pike (Esox lucius) - Reef Fish