| | '''Manitoba''' is a province of [[Canada]], between [[Ontario]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. Manitoba's largest city is [[Winnipeg]]. Manitoba is the home of the AHL hockey team, the Manitoba Moose. | | '''Manitoba''' is a province of [[Canada]], between [[Ontario]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. Manitoba's largest city is [[Winnipeg]]. Manitoba is the home of the AHL hockey team, the Manitoba Moose. |
| − | [[York Factory]] was founded in 1684 and was the provinces oldest settlement. [[Charles II]] had granted the entire [[Hudson Bay]] watershed to the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], which was purchased from them by the Canadian Government in 1869 for 300,000 pounds. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870. The total area of Manitoba is 649,950 km<sup>2</sup> and had a population of 1,091,942 in 1991 accounting for 4% of the national total.<ref>[Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, page 51, copyright 1995]</ref> | + | [[York Factory]] was founded in 1684 and was the provinces oldest settlement. [[Charles II]] had granted the entire [[Hudson Bay]] watershed to the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], which was purchased from them by the Canadian Government in 1869 for 300,000 pounds. Manitoba joined confederation in 1870. The total area of Manitoba is 649,950 km<sup>2</sup> and had a population of 1,091,942 in 1991 accounting for 4% of the national total.<ref>Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada, page 51, copyright 1995</ref> |