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  2. Red River cart - Wikipedia

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    Red River ox cart (1851), by Frank Blackwell Mayer. The Red River cart is a large two-wheeled cart made entirely of non-metallic materials. Often drawn by oxen, though also by horses or mules, these carts were used throughout most of the 19th century in the fur trade and in westward expansion in Canada and the United States, in the area of the Red River and on the plains west of the Red River ...

  3. Covered wagon - Wikipedia

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    Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling.

  4. Carlton Trail - Wikipedia

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    Historical accounts record that it took about two months to travel by Red River cart from Fort Garry to Edmonton along the Carlton Trail. [2] The main mode of transport along the trail was by horse-drawn Red River Cart. It was an integral route for Métis freighters, and Hudson's Bay Company employees as well as the earliest white settlers.

  5. Red River Trails - Wikipedia

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    Their conveyance was the Red River ox cart, a simple vehicle derived either from the two-wheeled charrettes used in French Canada, or from Scottish carts. [57] From 1801 on, this cart was modified so that it was made solely from local materials. [ 58 ]

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  9. Saskatchewan Highway 1 - Wikipedia

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    A First Nation trail used by fur traders, and Red River carts pulling settlers effects was the first path between Moosomin and Fort Ellice, Manitoba. The transcontinental CPR paralleled this trail when coming through in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [14]