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This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts. [1]For the fur trade in general see North American fur trade and Canadian canoe routes (early).For some groups of related posts see Fort-Rupert for James Bay.
Little Grand Rapids is a community in east central Manitoba, Canada, near the Ontario border. It is located approximately 280 kilometers or 173 miles north-northeast from Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is a fly-in community, with only a winter road. Planes fly into Little Grand Rapids Airport.
This is a list of airports in Manitoba. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports , aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Manitoba . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Airport names in italics are part of the National Airports System .
Poplar River lies near the Asatiwisipe River. It is a protected river with pristine forests and many undeveloped lakes and creeks along it. This watershed is the traditional land use area for Poplar River First Nation. The Ojibwe still use the land and waters for hunting, fishing, and gathering wild foods and medicines.
Rock Lake is the second largest navigable lake in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is about 8 miles (13 km) long and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) wide with a surface area of 6.6 square miles (17 km 2 ). Rock Lake is relatively shallow with a mean depth of 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) and a maximum of 3.5 metres (11 ft) when the lake is at a surface water ...
A portage between the eastern end of South Moose Lake and the source of the Minago River was used by fur traders to travel between the Saskatchewan and Nelson Rivers.Most if not all of the semi-nomadic Cree who originally frequented the area around Moose Lake died in a smallpox epidemic during the winter of 1781–1782.
Red Deer Lake [1] is a lake located in the west-central region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.The lake's primary inflow and outflow is the Red Deer River.It is situated approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Barrows and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Dawson Bay, which is part of the larger Lake Winnipegosis.
The Owl River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada. [1] It flows from Fly Lake to Hudson Bay. [2] The river is crossed at the community of Herchmer, the location of Herchmer railway station, by the Hudson Bay Railway. Herchmer railway station is served by the Via Rail Winnipeg ...