Lac du Bonnet is a town in Manitoba, Canada located 115 km (71 mi) northeast of Winnipeg on the west shore of the Winnipeg River. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet. The word "Bonnet" is pronounced by locals as "bonny."
Aerial view of Lac du Bonnet Town, surrounded by Lac du Bonnet RM
A historical plaque and a sculpture of a Vickers Vedette "flying boat" aircraft are installed at the waterfront in the centre of town.
Winnipeg River is a Canadian river that flows roughly northwest from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is 235 kilometres (146 mi) long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed is 106,500 square kilometres (41,100 sq mi) in area, mainly in Canada. About 29,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi) of the watershed is in northern Minnesota, United States.
Aerial view of Winnipeg River between Lac du Bonnet and Pinawa
Encampment, Winnipeg River (1846), by Paul Kane