, Manitoba, Canada
1895 - Manitoba

Manito/ ba, a province of Canada, is bounded on the S. by Minnesota and North Dakota, N. and E. by Keewatin, and W. by the North-West Territories of the Dominion. It extends from 49° to 50° 30' N. lat. and from 96° to 90° W. lon., and has an area of 73,956 square miles. A considerable part of the province is prairie-land, perfectly level, amid, versified by groups of elm, ash, oak, poplar, basswood, and ash-leaf maple. It is a rich black mould, resting partly on limestone and partly on hard clay. Wheat ripen" in 110 days, and gives an average return of 20 to 25 bushels" the acre. All kinds of garden vegetables, as well as barley, Indian corn, hops, flax, hemp, potatoes, and root-crops, are easily raised. The grassy savannas of the Red River afford pasturage. Every bondfide settler receives a homestead or a free grant of 160 acres of land. The province has railway communication southward with Minnesota, and is traversed by the Canada Pacific Railway. Steamers ply on Red River between Winnipeg and Moor head, Minn...

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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