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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Manitoba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Manitoba is located in the longitudinal centre of Canada, although it is considered part of Western Canada.
Manitoba was settled by members of the Ojibwa and Assiniboine tribes.
Manitoba is home to the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Manitoba   (696 words)

  
 Manitoba Hydro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founded in 1961, Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, and is the 4th largest electrical utility in Canada.
Manitoba Hydro is a member of the MRO (Midwest Reliability Organization), a region of the North American Electrical Reliability Council NERC and successor to MAPP (Mid-continent Area Power Pool) since June 15, 2004.
Manitoba Hydro has pointed out that the regulation project also allows lake level to be lowered, such as during the 1997 floods, thereby preventing significant property damage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manitoba_Hydro   (3919 words)

  
 Manitoba Community Profiles - Community Profile:Town of Gillam
Gillam is accessible from the south by Provincial Trunk highway 6 and Provincial Road 280.
Gillam is located along the historic Nelson River just south of Hudson's Bay.The community is named after some of the first Europeans to travel the area.
Gillam is located in a wilderness paradise and has built itself a thriving tourist industry.
www.communityprofiles.mb.ca /cgi-bin/csd/index.cgi?id=4623022   (515 words)

  
 Frontier School Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frontier School Division - Winnipeg, Manitoba With 41 schools operating across the Province, the Frontier School Division provides educational services to a larger geographical area than any other school division in the Provinces of Canada, and possibly, the world.
A unique organization, the Frontier School Division operates schools in small Manitoba communities that are often only accessible by boat, air (float plane), rail, or winter ice road.
Located at the Frontier Collegiate Institute campus is the Frontier Collegiate Residence, where High School students from around Area Four and isolated communities that do not have student populations to warrant the operation of a High School Program are housed in dormatories so that they may complete their Secondary Schooling.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frontier_School_Division   (377 words)

  
 Manitoba Pageant: Susan of Gillam
Toward the end of March, 1929, the weekly mixed-train arrived in Gillam, Manitoba with a car of settler's effects belonging to Tom Allen, a former rancher from Lanigan, Saskatchewan.
People on the trains passing through Gillam would all look to see her and they felt rewarded if she was somewhere within sight.
He applied to the Gillam shops for the use of a wrecking crane and was asked why he didn't shoot her.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/08/susanofgillam.shtml   (516 words)

  
 ACE Wilderness Guiding Services  -  Fishing North America  -  Thompson, Gillam, Interlake, Manitoba
Manitoba's Interlake is known as one of the top staging areas in the world for hundreds of thousands of waterfowl during the fall waterfowl migration.
Manitoba's Interlake is renowned for multiple species of waterfowl including the Canadian Goose, the Greater Canada Goose and Lesser Canada Goose, Snow and Blue Geese and over a dozen species of ducks including Mallard, Pintail, Blue-Winged Teal, Green-Winged Teal, Gadwall, Canvasback, Gadwalls, American Widgeon, and Redhead ducks.
Manitoba is equivalent in land mass to the state of Texas and the total number of bow hunters that purchase an archery whitetail deer tag in Manitoba every year is roughly 3,200, muzzleloader licences sales are roughly 6,000 and rifle whitetail deer licences sold are roughly 35,000.
www.fishingnorthamerica.com /fishingnorth252.htm   (1893 words)

  
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A roche moutonnée and perched boulders, northeastern Manitoba.
Peatlands with ice-wedge polygons, and frost-shattered bedrock, northeastern Manitoba.
Sandy surface of a broad-crested esker, northwestern Manitoba.
gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /landscapes/provinces_e.php?SelectedProvince=Manitoba|Manitoba&SelectedGlossary=&SelectedKeyworda=&SelectedKeywordb=&SelectedKeywordc=&SelectedKeywordd=   (611 words)

  
 Manitoba Bed and Breakfast Accommodations
Manitoba's bed and breakfast inns combine a unique and personalized travel experience with a touch of local flavor.
Gillam is a thriving community 453 air miles (730 km.) North of Winnipeg and is serviced by an all weather road, PR280 as well as by via rail and an airport.
Gillam has regularly scheduled flights direct to and from Winnipeg.
www.canada-adventures-guide.com /Manitoba/bandb.html   (384 words)

  
 Manitoba Pageant: Radisson in Hudson Bay
He intended to frighten Gillam away or seize his ship and he covered up his own weak position by telling Gillam that he had French ships, a strong fort and French soldiers.
If he could arrange a meeting between Ben Gillam and his father he was certain the father would prevent the Governor from coming to Gillam's fort in order to protect his son from being seized.
The hostages at Gillam's fort had been given their instructions and when Radisson arrived the gates of the fort were open and it was his.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/11/radisson.shtml   (949 words)

  
 FCPP Publications :: Wuskwatim: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Manitoba Hydro boasts that its electrical rates are among the lowest in the world.
Manitoba Hydro tends to underplay the downside, a strategy that ignores the cataclysmic effects on traditional Cree industries like hunting, trapping and fishing.
Don Sandberg, Aboriginal Policy Fellow was born in the Pas, Manitoba and raised in the northern community of Gillam, Manitoba.
www.fcpp.org /publication_detail.php?PubID=744   (1978 words)

  
 CAMPGROUNDS OF MANITOBA
As it is not indicated on the current Manitoba Highways Map, watch closely for the exit signs.
Duck Mountain has Manitoba’s highest elevation of 831.2 meters at Baldy Mountain, which is reachable, by hiking trail and by road.
Gillam is a very friendly town with strong ties to the power industry.
www.chalmers-ink.com /camping.htm   (3321 words)

  
 Medical and Nursing jobs in Gillam, Manitoba - MedHunters
Located in northeastern Manitoba, between Thompson and Churchill, this town's prosperity is largely due to the presence of the hydroelectric dams along the Nelson River.
It may make Gillam a one-industry town, but, fortunately for local residents, electricity is one commodity that stays in high demand.
Manitoba's 3 largest electricity-generating dams are located near Gillam, a community of 1,178 located along the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, about 130 km from Hudson Bay.
www.medhunters.com /jobs/gillam-manitoba-canada.html   (200 words)

  
 Mike's Homepage Of This and That - Gillam
If you don't know, Manitoba Hydro provides dam (hehe) cheap electricity to Manitoba customers, as well as exporting it at a large markup to Ontario and the US.
Anyway, somehow Tim was able to get Hydro approval to have me and Peter Dueck drive up to Gillam, a 1000 km trip north of Winnipeg, and pick him up once his summer work term was finished.
I should mention that from Thompson to Gillam, the 250 km road is gravel.
members.shaw.ca /mhammcdn/gillam.htm   (574 words)

  
 Nelson River DC Transmission System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bipole 1 is rated to transmit electricity at a voltage of ±450 kV and Bipole 2 is rated to transmit electricity at a voltage of ±500 kV.
Manitoba Hydro's two bipolar transmission lines are carried by two rows of identical steel towers which follow an 895-km route from Gillam southward through the Interlake region.
*Manitoba Hydro is a licensee of the Trademark and Official Mark.
www.hydro.mb.ca /our_facilities/ts_nelson.shtml   (361 words)

  
 Hunting Manitoba Canada, Big Game Outfitters, Bear Hunts, Canadian Moose Hunts, Caribou, Whitetail Deer, ...
Hunt areas are extremely remote and have one of the largest concentrations of big fl bears in Manitoba, a province known for trophy and colored bears.
Manitoba Remote Fly In Fishing Lodges and Outfitters for Walleye, Northern Pike, Arctic Grayling, Brook and Lake Trout!
ACE Gillam Bed and Breakfast runs from our lodge in our north area at Gillam Manitoba, where you can sit back and relax or enjoy some hunting or a day of fishing down by the many lakes and rivers nearby.
manitobahunts.com   (1448 words)

  
 Gillam
Gillam, Manitoba, Canada is located north of the 56th parallel, buried deep into the north's rugged boreal forests.
The life long residents of this town are fully aware of what Gillam has to offer.
Gillam has everything you need for an enjoyable outdoors experience.
gillam.cimnet.ca /cim/84C157.dhtm   (178 words)

  
 Cream Minerals Ltd. - Stephens Lake Nickel Property, Manitoba - Fri Aug 25, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In early 2003, Cream Minerals Ltd. acquired a 30,000-hectare mineral lease in Northern Manitoba adjacent to two similar sized properties acquired by Sultan Minerals Inc. and ValGold Resources Ltd. Subsequently, these mineral leases were pooled into one block of 92,194 hectares with each company holding a one third interest.
In April 2004, an additional 80,288 hectares was acquired adjoining to the north to bring the claims total to 170,482 hectares.
The Stephens Lake Property is 70 kilometres in length and is situated 100 km east of Gillam, Manitoba.
www.creamminerals.com /s/StephensLake.asp   (362 words)

  
 Recycling Today Magazine :: News :: Manitoba Agency Testing Scrap Metal Project in North Province
According to a report by CBC News, sizable amounts of scrap metal from northern part of Manitoba are being brought south as part of a pilot recycling project.
Last year, more than 1,000 metric tons of scrap metal were been taken out of Gillam, Manitoba; and another 16,000 kilograms have been shipped down from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
The provincial, federal and territorial governments are providing funding for the project, as are Manitoba Hydro and the Churchill Gateway Development Corp.
www.recyclingtoday.com /news/news.asp?ID=8615   (248 words)

  
 Gillam Manitoba Information, Yellow Pages, and more
Our Free Classifieds for the State of Manitoba offer items such as used horse trailers, cars, trucks, motorcycles, outboard motors, books, horses, dogs, real estate listings including homes, businesses, and land, apartments for rent, boats and many other items that are for sale by owner.
Our History, Trivia and Facts Pages are populated with interesting, useless and random facts pertaining to Gillam, Manitoba history, Canadian history, family history and the history of names.
Our Free Message Boards Manitoba daily to ensure the appropriateness of the topics for visitors of all ages.
www.hometowncanada.com /mb/Gillam.html   (567 words)

  
 CanAlaska Acquires Manitoba Diamond Project
Manitoba has recently become a focus for diamond exploration in Canada.
A recently released Manitoba Geological Survey report indicates that Manitoba is geologically favourable for diamond occurrences.
G-10 garnets, one of the several diamond indicator minerals, have been found in glacial till samples taken from an area 50km south of the Starlight property in the direction of glacial transport.
www.canalaska.com /apr232001.htm   (332 words)

  
 CBC Manitoba
With the big-game hunting season underway in Manitoba, outfitters who cater to American hunters said Friday a new fee will cost them big money.
CBC News at Six: Manitoba, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
CBC Manitoba's website The Colour of Our Skin has been nominated for a Gemini Award.
www.cbc.ca /manitoba   (562 words)

  
 Silver Goose Lodge  -  Fishing North America  -  York Factory, Manitoba
The Hayes River was the main route from York Factory on Hudson Bay to the interior of western Canada for fur traders, settlers, and explorers from 1670 until 1870, and played a key role in the integration of the Aboriginal way of life with the fur trade.
We are located south of Churchill at York Factory, Manitoba, Canada.
Internetsportshow.com, fishingnorthamerica.com, myfishinglodge.com and myhuntinglodge.com are a directory styled service of fishing lodges and hunting outfitters from around the world.
www.fishingnorthamerica.com /fishingnorth134.htm   (449 words)

  
 Gillam Manitoba Wind Power Project Investing.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Gillam Manitoba Wind Power Project Investing, - The wind power industry is the worlds fastest growing energy provider and that sounds like a great place to invest your extra cash!
In some cases, Gillam Manitoba Wind Power Project Investing - the most convenient way for Americans to support wind power development is by participating in green power programs.
Gillam Manitoba Wind Power Project Investing - To start, identify publicly owned companies with wind energy interests.
www.eastcoastturbines.com /messages/138.html   (382 words)

  
 Experimental Space Physics at Dartmouth: LaBelle Group
Churchill is part of a meridional chain of six observatories running from Gillam, Manitoba, in the south to Resolute Bay in the north.
These are: Gillam, Churchill, Arviat, Baker Lake, Taloyoak, and Resolute Bay.
The error in phase shift over the 0.05-5.0 MHz frequency range is less than ten degrees, implying that the maximum amplitude difference between consecutive sweeps for either right- or left-circularly polarized vertically incident signals is about 20 dB which is less than the observed differences of the real signals.
www.dartmouth.edu /~spacephy/labelle_group/ground/northern.sites/churchill.html   (1570 words)

  
 .:: Heartland International Travel and Tours
From inside the lodge's 8 ft high Buffalo fence it is often possible to photograph bears as close as 3 feet away.
At 9:00 am you depart Winnipeg on a Calm Air flight and arrive in Gillam at 12:00 noon.
Hudson Bay coast, 140 miles east of Gillam, Manitoba.
www.heartlandtravel.ca /NanukPolarBearSafari.htm   (1029 words)

  
 DOOTalk Forums -> Another Northern Manitba Member   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Not by much though Maybe he he put the 151" long track kit he could beat me Just kidding robert, you have a very nice machine, and it could out jump my sled any time any day.
Sled:04 600 HO SDI FORMULA XPS II Wassup boys i'm from Manitoba too, we should all hook up some time.
Love to hook up some time but it's 1100 km from Gillam to good old Winterpeg.
www.dootalk.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=239   (756 words)

  
 The Weather Network · Bug Report · Gillam · Manitoba · Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Weather Network · Bug Report · Gillam · Manitoba · Canada
Bug is not commonly found in this area.
For specific conditions, please contact the local parks and recreation offices in your location.
www.theweathernetwork.com /Features/Bugs/pages/CAMB0073.htm   (114 words)

  
 Manitoba Hydro Electric Energy and Natural Gas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Northern Pre-placement Training Program was the first program of its kind designed to provide opportunities for Aboriginal candidates to gain on the job training to learn the technical skills and competencies required in the three technical trades:
Posses a valid class 5 Province of Manitoba Driver’s license.
Since then, 67% of recruited Trainees continue to be employed with Manitoba Hydro.
www.hydro.mb.ca /issues/aboriginal_northern_pre.shtml   (476 words)

  
 Rail Travel Tours - Others may sell you a seat; we give you an experience!
Arrive at the end of the line, Churchill Manitoba, where the group will spend the day Beluga Whale watching on the Churchill River and touring the area.
The day will be spent in Gillam touring Manitoba Hydro's Kettle Generating Station and the Radisson Converter station before overnighting in Gillam.
Arrive at the end of the end of the day at The Pas, Manitoba and overnight.
www.railtraveltours.com /tours/north_mb_exp_2005.cfm   (347 words)

  
 POLARIS Installation
The equipment, which was transported to the site by truck in 10 aluminum crates, was unloaded and stacked inside the site building, awaiting the next day's installation.
Peters (a Manitoba Hydro employee), and it became clear that full internet access could be provided to the site (from the Manitoba Hydro site down the hill) with a minimum of effort.
In the case of the open filter wheel position, there are four underscores instead of the four-digit wavelength here.
www.phys.ucalgary.ca /~trondsen/Polaris/Installation/Installation.html   (2094 words)

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