Red River Rebellion
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The Red River Rebellion, also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional governme
The Métis provisional government
Fort Garry c. 1872
Louis Riel in 1884
Manitoba
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Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's fifth-most populous province, with an estimated population of 1,503,865 as of 2026. Manitoba is bordered by N
Red River Rebellion
…government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in the early stages of establishing today's Canadian province of Manitoba. It had earlier been a territory called Rupert's Land and been under control of the Hudson's Bay Company before it was sold. The event was the first…
Crowds gathering outside the old City Hall during the Winnipeg general strike, 21 June 1919
Aerial view of the Red River Floodway
Deep Lake at Riding Mountain National Park
Polar bears are common in northern Manitoba.