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Summary for Root Lake


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Typical Abbreviation: Root Lk.

Time Zone: Root Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)<1> The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).

Telephone Area Codes: 204, 431 & 584<2>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<3>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Root Lake:

Lat:   54.060600°   (or 54°3'38" N)

Lon:   -101.304400°   (or -101°18'15" W)


About Manitoba

Websites for Province of Manitoba

Official Website:   https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Tourism:   https://www.travelmanitoba.com/

Parks:   https://www.travelmanitoba.com/places/

Fishing:   https://huntfishmanitoba.ca/go-fishing/

Hunting:   https://huntfishmanitoba.ca/go-hunting/

Footnotes ...

<1>While Root Lake is in the Central Time Zone and observes daylight saving time, the area to the west is in the Central Standard Time Zone (CST) and does not..
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 204 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 431 or 584. New phone numbers in the Root Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 204, 431 or 584. As a result, placing a call in the Root Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Root Lake, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.