MANITOBA

• flower-Prairie Crocus , tree-White Spruce, bird-Great Gray Owl

• The railway brought thousands of settlers from eastern Canada and from all over the world.

Manitoba

• Manitoba is one of the three prairie provinces in Canada

• About 60 percent of the people live in the capital city of Winnipeg and its suburbs.

• It is located in the centre of Canada.

People and Places• The Royal Canadian Mint

( where coins are made ) is in Winnipeg.

• Churchill in northern Manitoba is "the polar bear capital of the world". Polar bears make their dens near the town.

• Wapusk National Park (Wapusk is a Cree word meaning "white bear") located in Northern Manitoba protects one of the world‘s largest known polar bear denning areas.

Land and Water

• Manitoba is known as the land of 100,000 lakes.

• The prairie region is in the southern part of the province.

• Forests of pine, hemlock and birch cover northern Manitoba.

• Lake Winnipeg is the third largest lake in Canada.

Resources/Industries• Minerals and metals are found

in the Canadian Shield. (nickel, gold, copper, zinc, cobalt, gypsum)

• Thirty-seven percent of Manitoba is covered with forest.

• Hydroelectric power is a very important industry.

Provincial Map and Coat of Arms.

This a picture of the beaches in Manitoba.

The People

• Manitoba is the home of over a million people.(1.2 million October 2008)

• Winnipeg is the largest city. About 653,000 people live there. (2007)

• Manitoba is home to many Métis and native peoples.

History

• Red River Cart trails were

the first roads. • Manitoba became Canada's

fifth province in 1870.

• Louis Riel (1844-1885) was an influential Métis leader.

• The first people to live in Manitoba were the Assiniboine, Cree, Saulteaux, Chipewyan, Ojibwa.

Climate

• In the winter there are often blizzards with strong winds and extreme cold temperatures .

• Polar air masses bring very cold air from the Arctic Ocean.

• Winnipeg is the coldest

major city in Canada.

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