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< | '''Manitoba''' is one of [[Canada]]'s ten provinces. | ||
==Geography== | |||
Manitoba has been covered by glaciers over much of the last several hundred thousand years, and this has had a profound effect on Manitoba's geography. | |||
==History== | |||
[[First Nations]] people lived in Manitoba for approximately ten thousand years, from shortly after the retreat of the [[Laurentide glaciation]], that spanned the north half of [[North America]]. | |||
English explorer [[Henry Hudson]] explored Manitoba's [[Arctic]] coast in 1611.<ref name=CdnDictBioHenryHudson/> The large bay he discovered is known as [[Hudson's Bay]], in his honour. Hudson's crew, unhappy with the dangers and privations of exploring the Bay marooned Hudson, his son, and some loyal crew members. | |||
In 1670, when the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] was founded, King [[Charles II of England]] claimed he had the authority to grant rights to Manitoba and all other land that drained into [[Hudson's Bay]] to his nephew, [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine|Prince Rupert]].<ref name = Charter/> Isolated Hudson Bay trading posts, at the mouths of Arctic Rivers, shipping their furs by ship, found themselves in conflict with traders from Quebec, who shipped their furs south by canoe. The English and French captured one another's forts, for decades. | |||
==References== | |||
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<ref name = Charter>{{cite web|title=Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company|url= http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/collections/archival/charter/charter.asp|website=Hudson's Bay Company|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=CdnDictBioHenryHudson>{{cite book|author=LH Neatby |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval|date=2000|editor=Ramsay Cook|volume=1|pages=374–379|chapter=Henry Hudson|isbn= 0-8020-3142-0}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 22 December 2023
Manitoba [r]: One of Canada's ten provinces, between Ontario and Saskatchewan, south of the Territory of Nunavut. [e]
Manitoba is one of Canada's ten provinces.
Geography
Manitoba has been covered by glaciers over much of the last several hundred thousand years, and this has had a profound effect on Manitoba's geography.
History
First Nations people lived in Manitoba for approximately ten thousand years, from shortly after the retreat of the Laurentide glaciation, that spanned the north half of North America.
English explorer Henry Hudson explored Manitoba's Arctic coast in 1611.[1] The large bay he discovered is known as Hudson's Bay, in his honour. Hudson's crew, unhappy with the dangers and privations of exploring the Bay marooned Hudson, his son, and some loyal crew members.
In 1670, when the Hudson's Bay Company was founded, King Charles II of England claimed he had the authority to grant rights to Manitoba and all other land that drained into Hudson's Bay to his nephew, Prince Rupert.[2] Isolated Hudson Bay trading posts, at the mouths of Arctic Rivers, shipping their furs by ship, found themselves in conflict with traders from Quebec, who shipped their furs south by canoe. The English and French captured one another's forts, for decades.
References
- ↑ LH Neatby (2000). “Henry Hudson”, Ramsay Cook: Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval, 374–379. ISBN 0-8020-3142-0.
- ↑ Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company.