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Portage la Prairie (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 49 58 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.9667 decimal degrees |
Long: 098 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -98.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: S Manitoba; situated on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Assiniboine river; produces soups, grains, dairy products, clothes, concrete, electric cables & glassware. |
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Portage la Prairie (preferred,C,V)
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Portage-la-Prairie (C,V)
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Portage La Prairie (C,U,O)
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Fort-La Reine (H,V)
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............ | constructed by French explorer La VĂ©rendrye 1738 |
Fort La Reine (H,V)
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settlement commenced ca. 1851 |
city (C) |
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market center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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