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Page 22: Preparing the Way	Page 23: Treaties
Page 24: The Metis Claim	Page 25: Farming on The Prairies
Page 26: Transportation	Page 27:  Why They Came

Page 22: Preparing the Way



The southwest corner of Manitoba wasn't surveyed when the first European settlers arrives.

Vantage Points Articles

Manitoba's Borders  Web  / PDF
Vol. II , Page  43

Numbered Treaties in Manitoba     Web /  PDF
Vol.  III, Page 18

Manitoba Land Survey Systems       Web  / PDF
Vol. I , Page  17




Page 23: Treaties




The boundary between Treaty 1 and Treaty 2 land is close to where Boissevain is today.

Vantage Points Articles


Numbered Treaties in Manitoba    Web /  PDF
Vol.  III, Page 48

The Dakota Claim in Canada      Web /  PDF
Vol.  II, Page 18

Eva MaKay - The Dakota Experience 
Web /  PDF
Vol.  III, Page 18

Turtle Mountain Reserve IR#60     Web /  PDF
Vol.  I, Page 18




Page 24: The Metis Claim



The Turtle Mountain Connection

The Métis have a long history of interaction with the landform known as Turtle Mountain. Turtle Mountain and Whitewater Lake to the north were prime hunting grounds.

The first permanent Métis settlers moved to Turtle Mountain in 1908.

Vantage Points Articles

Metis Wintering Communities     Web /  PDF
Vol.  I, Page 16

Metigoshe Metis Community    Web /  PDF
Vol.  I, Page 31

The Rise of Metis Identity     Web /  PDF
Vol.  II, Page 6

Metis Bison Hunts     Web /  PDF
Vol.  I, Page 15


Page 25: Farming on The Prairies



The Canadian government sent Professor Henry Youle Hind, a Toronto geologist, to explore the region and answer that question. During the summer of 1859 he and his party of 13 men explored southwestern Manitoba. They noted the lack of timber, but found what they were looking for - fertile land.



Page 26: Transportation



The first highway to Southwestern Manitoba.



The Boundary Commission Trail - Crossing the Souris River at Sourisford, 1874





The Land Tiltes Office was conveniently placed along the Boundary Commission Trail

Boundary Trail Photo Collection



A popular route in the early 1880's




1887




By 1920 rail lines crossed southern Manitoba.

Vantage Points Articles

The Boundary Trail     Web  / PDF
Vol. I , Page  4

Railway Schemes & Dreams    Web /  PDF
Vol.  IV, Page 10

From Trails to Rails    Web /  PDF
Vol.  IV, Page 19



Page 27:  Why They Came



For the first settlers, it was a long slow journey.

Would large numbers of people leave their home and travel to an unknown land?





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