a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.
See also: goldeye
- 1958  The prized Arctic Char, a well-known but little-tasted delicacy in most of Canada, is going to start muscling into gourmet circles once sacred to Lake Winnipeg goldeye and Restigouche salmon.