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  Manitoba - Search View - MSN Encarta
Manitoba is lower in elevation than areas to the east, west, and south, and serves as a drainage basin for several major rivers.
Manitoba is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 14 elected representatives in the House of Commons and by six senators who are appointed by the federal government.
In 1957 the electoral districts of Manitoba were redrawn to reflect the population shift from rural to urban areas, particularly to the city of Winnipeg and towns in the south, and also to the northern mining communities.
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 Hotel Fort Garry
Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The riding is located in the south-central region of the City of Winnipeg; it is named for the historical Fort Garry which was occupied by supporters of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1870.
Fort Garry is bordered on the east by Riel, to the south by St. Norbert, to the north by Lord Roberts, and to the west by Fort Whyte.
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 Narrative of a Journey to Manitoba
Seven miles from Fort Garry we passed a grist-mill; the houses presented a better appearance, the farms being well fenced, and the Assiniboine River was reached, a tributary of the Red River.
Although Manitoba lies to the north of Minnesota and Dacotah, the cold is neither so extreme, nor the snow fall as heavy as in the latter States, and the changes in the weather are not sudden, as in Kansas and Nebraska States, still further south.
Manitoba is situated in the middle of the continent, nearly equally distant between the Pole and the Equator and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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 Manitoba Pageant: Manitoba's Own Mounties
The first oaths of allegiance were administered and affirmed at the Lower Fort; there the first warrants of service were issued, and there, in December 1873, the first patrol in the history of the force set out to apprehend whiskey-traders on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg.
There at Fort Dufferin, for the first and last time, the entire force was domiciled as a single unit, and from this point the epic march to the foothills of the Rockies was ordered forward.
The Métis guides were to render invaluable assistance to the “Mounties,” and while riding on the flanks or scouting in the van, their horses stood up to the strain without loss or harm to a single animal.
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 Manitoba Canada recreation family vacation travel tourism attractions
Manitoba is one of the sunniest provinces in Canada.
Manitoba is a premier wildlife-watching destination with among the highest densities of moose, elk and fl bear.
Snowmobiles are everywhere in rural Manitoba and kilometres of designated trails cross frozen lakes, transect dense pine forests.
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 PC Manitoba - Our History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Manitoba proved to be no exception to this phenomenon and by 1920, it was obvious that a new era was approaching in provincial politics.
Lyon was nominated as the Progressive Conservative Candidate for the provincial constituency of Fort Garry in 1957 and was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1958.
Manitoba housing starts increased 12.7 per cent over the previous year and retail sales hit the highest mark in 12 years with a 6.9 per cent increase in 1997 over 1996.
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 Prairie people and perspectives : a bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Under the Legislative Library Act, Manitoba publishers are asked to send one copy of every item published in Manitoba to the Library on legal deposit.
A listing of recently published Manitoba local histories can be retrieved from the library's information portal under the "About the Library" tab.
Fort Garry remembered II : stories collected in and about the RM of Fort Garry, Manitoba / by the Fort Garry Historical Society.
www.gov.mb.ca /chc/leg-lib/madeinmanitoba.html   (1633 words)

  
 Fort Garry Hotel Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Fort Garry Hotel Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning ...
The Fort Garry Hotel is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Fort Garry Hotel with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Fort Garry Hotel wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
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 Winnipeg, Manitoba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1738 the Sieur de la Vérendrye built the first post on the Fort Rouge but it was later abandoned.
Fort Gibraltar a post of the West Company on the site of present-day was renamed Fort Garry in 1822 and became the leading in the region.
Winnipeg's three universities are the University of Manitoba (undergrad and grad medical) College universitaire de Saint-Boniface and the University of Winnipeg (undergrad).
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 Kerri Irvin-Ross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1996, Irvin-Ross moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she was employed at the Child Guidance Clinic.
In the 2003 provincial election, the top "target seat" for the New Democratic Party was the central Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry, which they had never won before.
Irvin-Ross won the NDP's nomination for the riding, and defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Joy Smith by 3852 votes to 3765 in the general election.
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 Legislative Assembly of Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the legislative branch of government in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The Manitoba Legislative Building is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge constituencies.
The current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is George Hickes of the New Democratic Party.
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 CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003
Flin Flon itself is in the southeast corner of the riding.
The average family income in 1999 was $55,113 with an unemployment rate of 9.70 per cent.
In 1999, the major industries in this riding were: manufacturing (17%) followed by mining and oil (16%).
www.cbc.ca /manitobavotes2003/riding/012   (205 words)

  
 CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003
The riding has existed since the 1958 election and has been PC since then, except for 1988-1990, when it was Liberal.
The riding is in the southern part of Winnipeg.
With the Red River as its eastern border, it runs from the CNR Main Line/Jubillee in the north to Sifton/Chancellor Matheson/Chancellor in the south.
www.cbc.ca /manitobavotes2003/riding/013   (263 words)

  
 Rural Manitoba - Winnipeg Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Lower Fort Garry (about 3/4 hour north of Winnipeg) is worth spending a day at during tourist season (mid May til Labour Day).
Lower Fort Garry has been refurbished back to the late 1800's, complete with Governor Simpson, his fur-traders, the flsmith, even the First Nations people outside the fort.
Manitoba has several fine parks, including Riding Mountain National Parks, which is about 3 hours NW of Winnipeg, and Whiteshell Provincial Park, which is on the border of Manitoba and Ontario to the East.
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 Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was also active in the other western provinces, however, and ran provincial candidates in Manitoba in a 1984 by-election and the 1986 general election.
In 1984, Cameron stood for a by-election in the Winnipeg riding of Fort Garry, and received 186 votes.
It is unclear if the party simply changed its name, or if the Manitoba WIP was formed by secessionists from the WCC -- in any event, the Manitoba WCC does not appear to have existed past 1987.
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 Manitoba Travel & Tours - Manitoba Vacations - Manitoba Hotels & Resorts, Manitoba Adventure Travel & Tours
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Built in 1908, HI- Winnipeg's Ivey House International Hostel is a Victorian style house recreated as a...
Experience a luxurious yet affordable getaway at the restored Fort Garry Hotel.
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 Manitoba and Saskatchewan : Planning a Trip | Frommers.com
In Manitoba, you can stop along Highway 1 at Whiteshell Provincial Park in the east.
You can return to the highway or visit the shores of Lake Winnipeg at Grand Beach Provincial Park and then head south via Selkirk and Lower Fort Garry to Winnipeg, the provincial capital.
Highway 1 leads from Manitoba to Regina, with a stop perhaps at Moose Mountain Provincial Park along the way.
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 Explore Manitoba and Discover a One-of-a-kind Vacation Spot
Lower Fort Garry is a Hudson's Bay fur-trading post that has been restored to its mid-1800s glory, when settlers, Natives and Hudson Bay traders exchanged supplies and furs along the mighty Red River.
Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach is a 40 acre complex that recreates a Manitoba village of the late 1800s.
In west-central Manitoba, Riding Mountain National Park, one of Manitoba's only two national parks, rates two stars in the Michelin Guide to Canada.
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 fort garry - OneLook Dictionary Search
Fort Garry, Garry, Fort : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
Fort Garry, Garry, Fort : Columbia Gazetteer of North America [home, info]
Phrases that include fort garry: fort garry beer, fort garry brewery, fort garry brewing, fort garry horse, fort garry hotel, more...
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 Manitoba Community Action board- Canadian Environment Week 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Manitoba, the friendly competition encourages individuals in workplaces and schools to adopt alternative forms of transportation to get where they're going.
Two electric carts will be available to drive visitors who need a ride to and from the various activity areas around the fort, without emitting harmful greenhouse gases.
Riding Mountain National Park staff will attend the fair to talk about bio fuels and their benefit to the environment, as well as other "green" projects being undertaken at the park.
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 Canada holidays and honeymoons from flydrives to wildlife viewing - Frontier Canada
Most people go to Manitoba for the Polar Bears at Churchill, but they sometimes miss Winnipeg, with its splendid Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, and long history dating back to the formation of the Hudson Bay Company.The Oak Hammond Marshes are a must for any bird lover, particularly in the spring and autumn.
Lower Fort Garry dates to the 1850s and is a fascinating insight into the early days of the Hudson Bay Company, its trading and ways of life.
Head out of Winnipeg to Riding Mountain National Park and see a bit of the prairie as well as bear and bison.
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 McKay, Donald Bruce Ancestors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1920, at the historical pageant held at Lowere Fort Garry in celebration of the HBC two hundred and fiftyth anniversary, he acted as intertreter for Sir Robert M. Kendersley, who was then Governor of the Company and on a tour of the West.
He was postmaster at Fort Ellice for a generation and was appointed by the Northern Department Council to the position of postmaster at the new post of Portage la Prairie in 1832.
During the consulship of William McKay at Fort Ellice, a condition of harmony and peace was established with the roving tribes of Indians who inhabited the plains to the westward, and who for generations had lived as Bedouins by war and pillage.
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 CBC - Manitoba Votes 2003
This table displays results for ridings in a band across the centre of the province from Dauphin-Roblin in the west, the Interlake, and Lac du Bonnet in the east.
This table displays the results for the northernmost ridings in the province, including Swan River, Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson and Rupertsland.
This table displays results for rural ridings in southern Manitoba outside the city of Winnipeg, and includes the City of Brandon.
www.cbc.ca /manitobavotes2003/ridings   (302 words)

  
 Adventures Due North featuing polar bear migration with Maupintour
Travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba -- named for the Manitou, Native God of Nature.
A fur trading post at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers grew into Winnipeg, gateway to the Canadian west.
Visit the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, St. Boniface Basilica and Upper Fort Garry.
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 Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth
The Aboriginal Youth Internship Program was started in 1998 in partnership with MAYCAC, Manitoba Education and Training, the University of Manitoba and the Department of Agriculture.
Its goal was to provide students of aboriginal origin with an opportunity to explore careers in Veterinary Medicine.
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth provides funds for programs which include an orientation, workshops and graduation ceremony.
www.edu.gov.mb.ca /youth/Employers/AboriginalInternship.html   (258 words)

  
 Manitoba maps, hotels, facts, links - World Sites Atlas
hotels in Manitoba: make a reservation online or simply compare prices and information.
Vacation rentals (resorts, apartments, bed and breakfasts, condos, etc.) are becoming increasingly popular; browse our selection of over 2500 vacation rentals worldwide.
Whether you're planning your next vacation or are just interested in what Manitoba has to offer, take a look at the destination guides below.
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 Journey Manitoba- Hotel and Travel Guide for Manitoba, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If golf is your game this section will let you view ratings of all the courses throughout Manitoba
Guide to upcoming events that are taking place in Manitoba
This section lets you view maps of various areas throughout Manitoba and Canada
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