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'''Manitoba''' is a province of [[Canada]], between [[Ontario]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. Manitoba's largest city is [[Winnipeg]]. Manitoba is the home of the AHL hockey team, the Manitoba Moose. | '''Manitoba''' is a province of [[Canada]], between [[Ontario]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. Manitoba's largest city is [[Winnipeg]]. Manitoba is the home of the AHL hockey team, the Manitoba Moose. | ||
| − | [York Factory] was founded in 1684 and was the provinces oldest settlement. [Charles II] had granted the entire [Hudson Bay] watershed to the [Hudson's Bay Company], which was purchased from them by the Canadian Government in 1869 for 300,000 pounds. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870. The total area of Manitoba is 649,950 km<sup>2</sup> and had a population of 1,091,942 in 1991 accounting for 4% of the national total.<ref>[Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, page 51, copyright 1995]</ref> | + | [[York Factory]] was founded in 1684 and was the provinces oldest settlement. [[Charles II]] had granted the entire [[Hudson Bay]] watershed to the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], which was purchased from them by the Canadian Government in 1869 for 300,000 pounds. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870. The total area of Manitoba is 649,950 km<sup>2</sup> and had a population of 1,091,942 in 1991 accounting for 4% of the national total.<ref>[Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, page 51, copyright 1995]</ref> |
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Manitoba is a province of Canada, between Ontario and Saskatchewan. Manitoba's largest city is Winnipeg. Manitoba is the home of the AHL hockey team, the Manitoba Moose.
York Factory was founded in 1684 and was the provinces oldest settlement. Charles II had granted the entire Hudson Bay watershed to the Hudson's Bay Company, which was purchased from them by the Canadian Government in 1869 for 300,000 pounds. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870. The total area of Manitoba is 649,950 km2 and had a population of 1,091,942 in 1991 accounting for 4% of the national total.[1]
References
- ↑ [Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, page 51, copyright 1995]
