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Portage la Prairie |
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Portage la Prairie (pôr'tĭj lə prâr`ē), city (1991 pop. 13,186), S Man., Canada. It is the center of a mixed-farming region and has diversified industries. The city is near the site of Fort La Reine, an important fur-trading post built (1738) by Vérendrye as a carrying point between the Assiniboine River and Lake Manitoba. |
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ca) Portage la Prairie, MB CFRY AM-FM 350 River Road, Box 920, Portage la Prairie, MB RIN ON6; 204/239-5111,866/239-5111, FAX: 204/857-3456 Web site: www. Bluhm of the Delta Waterfowl Research Station in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. When the Hudson Bay basin was ceded to Britain in 1713, the explorer La Verendrye, accompanied by a Jesuit, Charles Mesaiger, established a post at Portage la Prairie, where two additional Jesuits were assigned to work with the Indians and Metis. |
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