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Over the course of its history, the province of Manitoba has witnessed numerous of its populated communities experience decline to become ghost towns.Triggers were usually changes in economic conditions, such as natural resource prices or resource depletion, or changes in transportation networks, such as rail alignment selection, rail line closures and highway realignments.
Y. York Factory. Categories: Populated places in Manitoba. Ghost towns in Canada. Buildings and structures in Manitoba.
Cities and towns in Manitoba. A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. [1] Under current legislation, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as an urban municipality. [2]
1997. Lockport Provincial Park is a Manitoba provincial park on the east shore of the Red River in the community of Lockport, Manitoba. [1] It is 2.26 ha (5.6 acres) in size. [2] Lockport Provincial Park is the location of an important archeological site in Manitoba. [3] From 1984 to 1988, the Manitoba Historic Resources Branch worked on ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites in Manitoba ( French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Manitoba ). There are 58 National Historic Sites designated in the province, eight of which are administered by Parks Canada. [1] [2] This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names ...
Fort Maurepas (Canada) Fort Maurepas was the name of two forts, or one fort in two locations, built by the French in the Lake Winnipeg area in the 1730s: They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (from the city of Maurepas) who, as Minister of Marine, was in charge of French colonies and chief adviser to King ...
Manitoba has 92 provincial parks. [2] The provincial government has also established more than 50 protected areas under the Provincial Parks Act, [3] overseen by the Manitoba Department of Natural Resources and Northern Development (previously by Manitoba Conservation and Climate).
4.4/km 2 (11/sq mi) Website. bissettcc.com. Bissett is a community situated on Rice Lake in the southeastern region of Manitoba, Canada, classified as a northern community and designated place. [1] Located two and a half hours northeast of Winnipeg on Provincial Road 304, Bissett is an entry point to Nopiming Provincial Park.