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'''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]] which contains over one half the provincial population.  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 km² 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 km² 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>