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Manitoba Life and Times: Birth of Manitoba
Follow the events leading to the formation of Manitoba as a province. The early years at Red River, the Resistance, the Manitoba Act, amnesty, the metis, and the huge land grant are each addressed at length.
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Photograph: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820) was a Scottish aristocrat, land baron, author, and member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. Douglas was concerned about the poverty he saw in the Scottish Highlands where property-less...