Winnipeg
Manitoba,
Canada
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Winnipeg
The capital and largest city of Manitoba,
Canada, in the southeast part of the providence
at the confluence of the Red and Assinboine rivers.
Founded as a fur-trading post,
it developed rapidly after the coming of the railroad in 1881.
Population, 564,473. |
Manitoba
A province of south-central Canada,
It was admitted to the Confederation in 1870.
Originally part of a grant to the Hudson's Bay Company,
it was largely settled by immigrants
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city.
Population, 1,026,241. |
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Updated 06-07-04 | 
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