Lake Minnewasta is a four-season facility that originated with the damming of the Dead Horse Creek. This recreation area offers a full-service campground, swimming, fishing, canoeing, sailing, and hiking in the summer and snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing in the winter months. The lake is approximately 1/2 kilometres wide by 3 kilometres long.
Whether you like to hike, bike, fish, canoe, sit by the campfire or hang out at the beach, Lake Minnewasta offers many activities to choose from.
Campground Amenities
Lake Minnewasta Camping Registration
February 1, 2025: Long-Term Camping Registration (2 months or more).
Email: lakeminnewasta@mymorden.ca
March 1, 2025: Long-Term Camping Registration (1 month or more).
Email: lakeminnewasta@mymorden.ca
May 1, 2025: Short-Term Camping Registration (under 30 days) begins.
Online & Phone Registration
Starts May 1st at 8:30 AM
📞 Call: 204-822-4991
🏕️ Want to camp before May 9th? Email: lakeminnewasta@mymorden.ca
- Campground Office: Camper check-ins, confectionary, passes, camping supplies, ice and firewood are available.
- Services Available: Laundry, washrooms, showers, sani-dump, sewer wagon, and more.
- Swimming: Enjoy Colert Beach and the boardwalk accessible from the north and south side with parking at both locations. Swimming is not allowed after sundown.
- Campsites: Every campsite comes with a picnic table and a firepit. Some sites have other amenities like water, sewer, and electricity (15 amp and 30 amp service).
- Night Security: Security on duty from 9:00 pm – 5:00 am. Quiet time begins at 11:00 pm, and campers causing a disturbance may be asked to leave the campground with no refund given.
Campground Rules
- Quiet time is 11:00 pm to 8:00 am.
- No visitors after 11:00 pm, registered campers only.
- Liquor is not permitted off your campsite.
- Dogs must be leashed and are not permitted on the beach. Please clean up after your pets.
- Please dispose of your aluminium cans, plastic bottles, glass and other garbage in the designated recycling areas.
- The check-in time is 2:00 pm. Check-out time is 12:00 pm.
There are a total of 157 sites and two yurts within Lake Minnewasta Recreation Area. They are split into six parks. Click here to view the campground map.
Private showers and washrooms – Keys available upon check-in with a $20 deposit allow you access to locked showers and washrooms 24/7. Seasonal public washrooms open during office hours and year-round washrooms open during the day and events.
Turtle Park
Exclusively seasonal sites 1-24. Most are full-service sites with 30a and 15a service. Some don’t have sewer service.
Plesi Park
Sites 46-55 – Short Term Campsites. Close to the beach, morning shaded ideal for tenting or smaller campers. Water and Electricity only. 30a and 15a power.
Hesper Park
Sites 61-76 – Three seasonal sites, the rest of Short Term. Water and electricity (30a and 15a) only. Quiet and nicely treed with shelter from the north. Any size camper will fit.
Elasmo Park
Sites 78-99 – Nine of these are pull-through sites. In large sites, trees are sparse but growing. Water and electricity (30a and 15a) only. Any size camper will fit.
Mosasaur Park
Sites 100-319 – Twenty-two of these are seasonal sites. All full service (30a and 15a) including sewer. No 50a serviced sites. Some sites in the 100 rows are called “paired” sites as they share green space and firepit with their neighbouring site as awnings face each other. This is ideal for those travelling in pairs. Call the office for more details on these paired sites. Any size camper will fit.
Shasta Park
Sites 26 – 45 – Basic sites with no services at all. Only a picnic table and firepit are provided. Recently moved along the canoe launch road. Great shelter from the north winds, close to large open green space and hiking trails. One vehicle per site, extra vehicles need to park in the parking lot. It can fit smaller campers as an overflow area if needed.
🎟 Gate Fees
Daily Vehicle Pass
$12.50Seasonal Vehicle Pass
$50.00
🛶 BOAT Fees
Daily Pass 1-10 HP
$17.50Seasonal Pass 1-10 HP
$117.50
🏕 Camping Fees (per site)
Non-Serviced Sites
$25.00 plus GST (daily)Partial Service Sites (water/electric)
$36.00 plus GST (daily)
$620.00 plus GST (monthly)Full-Service Sites (water/electric/sewer)
$44.00 plus GST (daily)
$720.00 plus GST (monthly)Yurts (water/electric)
$175.00 plus GST (2-night min.)
$260.00 plus GST (3-night min.) for long weekends
$345.00 plus GST (6-night max.)Picnic Shelter Booking
Call the Campground Office to Reserve either the west or east shelters. 204-822-4991
Your home away from home, surrounded by nature
Live life without corners in a circular yurt! This traditional dwelling of Central Asian nomads is just right for a night of camping with a dash of homelike comfort.
Yurt A (Squalo) and Yurt B (Tuso) – Ideal for two couples or a family of 6. Two bunk beds (doubles on the bottom and singles on top), table and chairs, prep counter, BBQ with side burner, propane, kitchenware, mini fridge, water cooler, toaster, coffee maker, pellet stove (for heating) and air conditioning (for cooling) makes this option ideal for any time of the year. Bring food, bed roll and personal items to enjoy your stay!
Please note that cooking is not allowed inside the yurt, but eating is allowed. We have provided a tap on the pole outside for your convenience, and each yurt comes with electricity. We recommend that you bring your own bedroll, including a pillow, sleeping bag, or sheets and blankets, as well as your own food and personal toiletries. Showers and washrooms are located just a short walk away, and we’ll supply everything else you need to enjoy your stay.
Yurt Photo Galley
Lake Minnewasta is a small lake in Morden, Manitoba enjoyed by many people with different interests. Boating is a privilege, and operators should be skilled and knowledgeable. For your safety and the pleasant boating experiences of other boat users, all operators need to follow the rules and regulations.
Operator’s responsabilities
- Electric trolling motors only. This is strictly an electric trolling motor lake aimed at people being able to enjoy fishing, and the safety for kayaking, canoeing, and paddle boarding.
- If your boat has a gas engine, props must be removed before being allowed on the water.
- You are required to have your Pleasure Craft Operator Card with you whenever you are operating your boat/watercraft.
- Please register your boat at the office and display your Lake Minnewasta pass on your trailer or tow vehicle.
- If you arrive before the front gate is open or after it is closed, please purchase your pass at the Campground Office.
- You are responsible for yourself, your boat(s), and your passengers.
- Please park your boat trailer and towing vehicle up top in the designated parking area at the entrance to the boat launch.
- If you are camping at Lake Minnewasta you may park your boat at your campsite. However, if your boat takes up space on a neighbouring campsite or roadway, you may be asked to relocate it to the parking lot by the boat launch area.
Gate Times
- Boat launch control gates open at 6:00 am and close at 11:00 pm.
- Boat launch control gates are closed at the discretion of Lake Management, for security, maintenance, water conditions quality, and/or public safety.
- When moving through the water, steer left of the boat launch area for the safety of those launching or loading.
- Larger craft must always yield to smaller craft.
- Please be respectful of all water users. Careless and dangerous boating is not tolerated. Reckless boaters will be reported to the local police, asked to leave and risk banning.
Watercraft Registration Form
To avoid delays, please ensure that all information is completed on the form.
As a considerable number of forms are rejected due to common, avoidable errors or omissions which will cause a delay in processing, please take the time to thoroughly complete the form. This greatly reduces the chance of errors that can slow down the registration process and access to your boat.
This form is also available at the Campground Office.
The watercraft registration form is to help reduce the risk of aquatic evasive species contamination. With zebra mussels now in Clear Lake as well, any equipment used in waters in Clear Lake or any lake east of the Red River must be decontaminated before coming to Lake Minneweasta.
*The City of Morden no longer permits any gas-powered watercraft on Lake Minnewasta.
Lake Minnewasta is renowned for Black Crappie fishing. Anglers can also catch northern pike, walleye, white sucker, and pumpkinseed.
If bringing a boat, be sure to follow Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) guidelines and note that only electric trolling motors are permitted.
Shore fishing is allowed throughout the lake except in designated swimming areas and near swimming docks.
No parking in the boat launch area unless you have an accessibility parking pass. Parking is allowed at the top, and you can walk down to fish. And remember, let’s keep Lake Minnewasta pristine by cleaning up after ourselves. A clean beach is a happy beach!
Lake Minnewasta is home to Splish Splash Morden, a privately operated floating obstacle course available during the summer months. Usage fees apply.
Learn more at: www.splishsplashwaterpark.com/mordenwaterpark
