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This spring on May 7, Lake Manitoba sits at 811 feet above sea level (FSL) on average between Westbourne and at Steep Rock. Water flows into Lake Manitoba through the Waterhen River are 2883 cubic feet per second (cfs) while outflows at Fairford are 1148 cfs. This has brought Lake Manitoba up slightly from 810.9 FSL earlier in the spring. The Assiniboine River at Portage is flowing at 447 cfs and the Whitemud River is at 81 cfs. All of these river flows are well below average for the spring. The Whitemud and Assiniboine rivers median flow for this time of year are 1000 and 5500 cfs respectively.