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ID: 7005734
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Manitoba (province)  Manitoba (province)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 097 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -97.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Originally populated by Cree, Assiniboin and Ojibwa; Eskimos inhabited area along Hudson Bay; Thomas Button arrived from England 1612 and an expedition from Denmark came in 1619; conflicts among English & French traders 1700s; first European settlement 1812.

Names:
Manitoba (preferred,C,V)
Manitoba, Province of (C,V)
Manitoba, Province de (C,V)
Province de Manitoba (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Manitoba (province)  ............  Manitoba (province) (P)

Place Types:
province (preferred, C)  ............  joined Canadian Confederation 1870
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Manitoba..........  [BHA, FDA, VP Preferred]
.................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
.................  CCA Object File
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 7:779
.................  National Archives of Canada database (1987-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Manitoba, Province de..........  [VP]
......................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Manitoba, Province of..........  [VP]
......................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Province de Manitoba..........  [VP]
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, VP]
..................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
..................  CCA Object File
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 779; 7:779
..................  National Archives of Canada database (1987-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)

 

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