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Pages in category "Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Manitoba" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Akimiski Island [1] is the largest island in James Bay (a southeasterly extension of Hudson Bay), Canada, which is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the territory of Nunavut. It has an area of 3,001 km 2 (1,159 sq mi), making it the 163rd largest island in the world , and Canada's 29th largest island .
Riding Mountain House was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post set up to the south of what is now the Riding Mountain National Park, on the Little Saskatchewan River. It was built in 1860 and maintained until 1895, by which time there was little remaining trade in furs. [1] [2] It was near modern-day Elphinstone, Manitoba.
Brandon House was the first fur-trading post or posts of the Hudson's Bay Company on the southern prairies, operating from 1793 to 1824 during the Assiniboine River fur trade. [ 1 ] It was located at several places on the north bank of the Assiniboine River between Brandon, Manitoba , and the mouth of the Souris River , about 21 miles southeast ...
As early as 1832, the Hudson's Bay Company operated a settlement near present day Rolling River First Nation. [1] Additional settlement continued in the following decades around the Riding Mountain National Park area due to the teeming populations of fur bearing animals and was also a popular area for buffalo hunting by Indigenous peoples. [1]
The Port of Churchill is a privately-owned port on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.Routes from the port connect to the North Atlantic through the Hudson Strait.As of 2008, the port had four deep-sea berths capable of handling Panamax-size vessels for the loading and unloading of grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels.
Before the province of Manitoba was created in 1870, Assiniboia—named after the river that runs by it, itself named for the Assiniboine First Nation—was governed by the Council of Assiniboia (1835–1870). [12] In 1853, the Church of England was given a grant of land from the Hudson's Bay Company from which they formed the Parish of St ...
Oak Hammock Marsh is a marsh and a wildlife management area located 34 kilometres (21 mi) north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [1] The WMA is considered to be a Class IV protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories. [4]
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