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The ‘Dead Sea of Canada’ is five times saltier than the ocean and revered for its healing properties

There’s a lake on the Canadian prairies where the water is so salty that it makes you buoyant, and it’s been referred to as our version of the Dead Sea, minus the trans-Atlantic journey.Little Manitou Lake, located in south-central Saskatchewan, is a salt lake known for its buoyant properties and reported healing qualities.The lake is not very large, at 13.3 square kilometres and an average depth of 3.8 metres. Still, its waters are five times more concentrated with salt than the ocean, according to the Canadian Encyclopedia, at 180,000 milligrams of dissolved salt per litre.But while the lake’s high salinity makes it…

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