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Assiniboine (əsĭn`əboin), river, 590 mi (950 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, and flowing SE into Man. then E to the Red River at Winnipeg; named for the local Native Americans, the Assiniboine. The Qu'Appelle and Souris rivers are its chief tributaries. The Assiniboine valley is one of Canada's leading wheat-growing areas. The river was explored by the Vérendrye family in 1736, and forts were built at its mouth and near the site of Portage la Prairie. Settlement spread westward along the river from the Red River valley to the plains. Assiniboine a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One member, Don Giesbrecht, is the President of the Canadian Child Care Federation and the Executive Director of the Assiniboine Children's Centre in Winnipeg. Churches were central to the lives of settlers in this remote fur trade community on the banks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. which serves members of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes, this means working to develop businesses through A&S Tribal Industries. |
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