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Oxford House was established in 1798 as a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post on the fur trade route between York Factory on the Hudson Bay and Norway House some 30 km (19 mi) north of Lake Winnipeg. [3] People from nearby areas moved to the trading site and formed the community of Oxford House.
Bunibonibee Cree Nation (Cree: ᐸᓂᑇᓂᐱᐩ, panipwânipiy), formerly known as Oxford House First Nation and as Oxford House Band of Indians, is a First Nation located along the eastern shoreline of Oxford Lake at the headwaters of the Hayes River and is approximately 950 kilometres (590 mi) northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Oxford House Airport (IATA: YOH, ICAO: CYOH) is located 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) west of Oxford House, Manitoba, Canada. Airlines and destinations [ edit ]
The Kichi Sipi Bridge (Manitoba Provincial Road 373) Norway House Manitoba, circa 1880 The division had a population of 38,421 in the Canada 2006 Census . The economic base of the area is mining , forestry , manufacturing , commercial fishing , trapping and tourism .
Manitoba's largest city both in population and by land area is Winnipeg, which has 749,607 residents and spans 461.78 square kilometres (178.29 sq mi); the smallest city in population is Flin Flon with 4,940 residents and the smallest by land area is Dauphin, which covers 12.67 square kilometres (4.89 sq mi). [5]
This is a list of historic places in Westman Region, Manitoba entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. List of historic places [ edit ]
Communities in the province of Manitoba, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local government districts.
Map of Manitoba. The geography of Manitoba addresses the easternmost of the three prairie Canadian provinces, located in the longitudinal centre of Canada. Manitoba borders on Saskatchewan to the west, Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and the American states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Although the border with ...