-Manitoba is one of the three prairie provinces in Canada.
-It is located in the center of Canada.
-Ontario is to the east and Saskatchewan to the west.
-Nunavut is north and the United States is south.
-"Manitoba" is a Cree name meaning "the place where the spirit (manitou) speaks."
-capital city - Winnipeg.
-second-largest city - Brandon.
-Manitoba's flower-Prairie Crocus , tree-White Spruce, bird-Great Gray Owl
-Motto-"Glorious and Free"
One-third of the farmland is used for growing wheat. Mills make wheat into flour. The wheat is sold to other countries. Farmers also grow barley, oats, sunflowers, flax and canola. These crops are made into cereal and oil products. Dairy farms produce milk, cheese, yogurt and cream. There are also livestock farms. |
-Nellie McClung (1873-1851) - fought for the rights of women
-Jackson Beardy (1944-1984) - Cree artist