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  2. History of Winnipeg - Wikipedia

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    The name Winnipeg is named after Lake Winnipeg to the north, and the name is related to a native word referring to the cloudy, silt-filled water flowing off the prairies. The first farming in Manitoba appeared to be along the Red River, near Lockport, Manitoba , where maize (corn) and other seed crops were planted before contact with Europeans.

  3. Winnipeg - Wikipedia

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    Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).

  4. Archives of Manitoba - Wikipedia

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    In 1939, the Legislative Library Act established a Public Records and Archives branch within Manitoba's Legislative Library. Years later, a part-time archivist was appointed in 1946, followed by the first full-time archivist (Hartwell W. L. Bowsfield) [ 5 ] in 1952, when the Provincial Archives of Manitoba were established within the Library.

  5. List of Canada city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Language of origin Explanation Airdrie: Scottish Gaelic: Named for Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, in Scotland. Possibly originally from Gaelic An Àrd Ruigh meaning a level height or high pasture. Brooks: English: Named for Noel Edgell Brooks, a Canadian Pacific Railway Divisional Engineer from Calgary. Brooks' name was chosen through a contest in ...

  6. List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin - Wikipedia

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    Provinces and territories whose official names are aboriginal in origin are Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut.. Manitoba: Either derived from the Cree word manito-wapâw meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau" or the Assiniboine words mini and tobow meaning "Lake of the Prairie", referring to Lake Manitoba.

  7. Timeline of Winnipeg history - Wikipedia

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    The history of Winnipeg's rail heritage and the Countess of Dufferin may be seen at the Winnipeg Railway Museum. 1881 – The city's population grew from 25,000 in 1891 to more than 179,000 in 1921. [4] 1882 – Winnipeg Transit founded. 1882 – Winnipeg Fire Department established. 1886 – A new City Hall building was constructed.