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The Winnipeg River was the main route from the Great Lakes to Western Canada before the railroads were constructed in this area. After reaching Lake Winnipeg, a traveler could go by canoe as far as the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Ocean or Hudson Bay. This section covers the route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg via Rainy Lake, the Rainy River ...
Cu Đê River; Hàn River; Túy Loan River; Yên River (Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng) Cầu Đỏ/Cẩm Lệ River; Vu Gia River; Thu Bồn River; Trà Bồng River; Trà Khúc River; Côn River; Hà Thanh River; La Tinh River; Hinh River; Đà Rằng River; Cái River; Cà Ty River; La Ngà River; Phan River
From Lake Winnipeg one could go southwest to the Assiniboine River, northwest to the Saskatchewan River, and from there to Lake Athabasca or northeast up the Hayes River to Hudson Bay. As such, the area was home to three posts: second Fort Maurepas (French, c. 1739), Fort Bas de la Rivière (NWC, 1792), and Fort Alexander (HBC, before 1800).
The Forks (French: La Fourche) is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River. The Forks was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974 due to its status as a cultural landscape that had borne witness to six thousand years of human activity ...
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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).
These are Lang Son, Son La, Hoa Binh, Bac Ninh and Hai Duong in the North, Vinh in the Centre, as well as Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. In 2010 the province of Soc Trang has been the first to enact a sewer tariff that is designed to recover the costs of operation and maintenance. In 2012 Bac Ninh introduced a sewer tariff ...
[2] 61 of the 79 native fish species found in Manitoba are recorded from the Winnipeg River drainage basin of which the Whiteshell River is a part. [2] Betula Lake, Jessica Lake, and Lone Island Lake are important traditional fishing areas for Manitoba First Nations peoples. [3] A marine glacial relict, the Deepwater sculpin is found in West ...