is manitoba known as the province of lakes
Manitoba Geography. Known by sportsmen as the Province of Lakes, Manitoba is mostly flat land, with some hills and small mountains southwest.he Duck Mountains include Manitoba's highest point, Baldy Mountain, 831 m (2,727 ft.). Manitoba is blanketed by rivers and hundreds of lakes, especially central and south. At 24,514 sq km (9,465 sq mi) Lake Winnipeg is the fifth-largest lake in Canada, larger in fact than Lake Ontario of Great Lakes fame.