 Russell is located only from Asessippi Provincial Park, the site of Asessippi Ski Area & Resort—a world-class ski facility and year-round family park.The park also contains the Lake of the Prairies, a 64 km-long lake that is one of the best Walleye-fishing lakes in North America .In Manitoba the lake recorded an annual walleye catch per square kilometre that is five times greater than the provincial average.