The city was named in honour of Scotsman Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, who obtained the grant to establish a colony in the Red River area in 1813.
Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located on the Red River about 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg.
The town was named Selkirk and incorporated in 1882.
The Estimated Population of Selkirk is 10,278.
The Selkirk Mental Health Centre is the largest mental health facility in the province and a major employer in the city.
Selkirk is 225 m above sea level.
The Selkirk Post Office was the town’s first public building, constructed between 1907 and 1909.
Selkirk is known as the “Catfish Capital of the World”.
The Selkirk Fair and Rodeo are held annually to celebrate the area’s agricultural history.
Winkler was incorporated as a Village on the 9th of May 1906, as a Town on the 7th of April, 1954.
Winkler is Manitoba’s sixth-largest city and the second fastest-growing city out of nine in the province.
The land in southeast Manitoba upon which Winkler sits was the traditional lands of the nomadic Ojibway-speaking Anishinabe people.
Winkler is the largest city in the Pembina Valley, it serves as a regional hub for commerce, agriculture and industry.
European settlement in the Winkler area history dates back to 1876 when Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites began settling in the area known as the West Reserve, which had been set aside exclusively for the Russian Mennonites.
Winkler is 259 m above sea level.
Winkler was incorporated as a city on the 7th of April, 2002.
Winkler’s climate is typically continental, resulting in dry cold winters and hot, frequently dry summers. Summer temperatures typically range from 20 to 30 °C, while winter temperatures average between −15 and −25 °C.
The Estimated Population of Winkler is 12,660.
The City was named after Valentine Winkler, who was a lumber entrepreneur and politician, who owned and operated his own lumber business in nearby Morden and founded the village of Winkler.
The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water.
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.
is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.
Winnipeg is known as the “Gateway to the West”, Winnipeg is a railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy.
Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games.
The Manitoba Museum is the largest museum in the city, and depicts the history of the city and province.
English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690, and he adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi meaning “murky water” or “muddy water”.
On November 8, 1873, Winnipeg officially became a city.
In 1914, a Canadian veterinarian named Lt Harry Colebourn bought a bear cub for $20 while serving in the First World War. He named her Winnie, after his native Winnipeg.
Over 4 million people visit The Forks every year so the area is considered one of Winnipeg’s greatest tourist attractions.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Winnipeg was 42.2 °C on 11 July 1936 while the highest daily low temperature was 28.3 °C on 12 July 1936.
The Estimated Population of Winnipeg is 749,534, as of 2017.
Métis legislator and interpreter James McKay named the city.
Saint Boniface has the largest French-speaking community west of Quebec in Canada, Saint Boniface was established in 1818.
There are officially 236 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg.
The longest skating rink in the world, that freezes naturally is found in Winnipeg, The Length of the Red and Assiniboine River is over 8.5 Kilometers in length.
The average altitude is 239 meters (784 feet) above sea level.
Winnipeg was the first city in North America to use a central emergency, 911 or 999.
In 1911 Winnipeg was Canada’s third-largest city. Winnipeg is the largest city in Manitoba and the 7th largest in Canada by Population.
The city is near the longitudinal centre of North America.
Dauphin is in western Manitoba near Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, just west of Lake Manitoba and Dauphin Lake and south of Lake Winnipegosis.
The nearby lake was given the name “Dauphin” by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne.
Dauphin was granted a village charter on 11 July 1898, with George Barker as the first mayor.
In 1901 Dauphin was incorporated as a town, with George King as mayor.
Dauphin was incorporated as a city in 1998.
The City of Dauphin had a population of 8,457
The highest temperature ever recorded in Dauphin was 40.6 °C on 28 June 1931. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −44.4 °C on 25 February 1890 and 18 February 1966.
Dauphin is Known as the “City of Sunshine”.
Dauphin’s Countryfest is the longest-running Canadain country music festival.
Steinbach is a city located about 58 km south-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Steinbach was incorporated as a town on 31 December 1946, with the Main Street being paved the following year.
Steinbach has a population of 15,829, making it the third-largest city in Manitoba and the largest community in the Eastman region.
Steinbach was first settled by Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from the Russian Empire in 1874, whose descendants continue to have a significant presence in the city today.
Steinbach heritage is celebrated during annual Pioneer Days in August and by the Mennonite Heritage Village, a reconstruction of the original settlement.
Steinbach is the third fastest-growing census agglomeration in Canada.
In 2018, Steinbach became a sister city with Zaporizhia, Ukraine, which is near where all of Steinbach’s pioneering families immigrated from in the 1870s.
In 2018, after the Canadian government legalized cannabis, Steinbach residents voted to deny the licensing of retail cannabis stores in the city.
Steinbach is located on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies and is also located directly east of the Red River Valley.
The average age of people in Steinbach is 37.8, below the provincial average of 39.2, while 52% of the population are female and 48% are male.
Brandon is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.
Brandon covers an area of 77.41 km2 (29.89 sq mi).
Brandon gets its name from the Blue Hills south of the city, which got their name from a Hudson’s Bay trading post known as Brandon House, which got its name from a hill on an island in James Bay where Captain James had anchored his ship in 1631.
The City of Brandon was incorporated in 1882.
Brandon is nicknamed the Wheat City, the economy is predominantly associated with agriculture.
Brandon is the primary hub of trade and commerce for the Westman region as well as parts of southeastern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota.
The Estimated Population of Brandon is 48,859.
Brandon is the home of the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, which is made up of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, the Manitoba Summer Fair, and the Manitoba Livestock Expo.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Brandon was 43.3 °C (110 °F) on 11 July 1936. The lowest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52 °F) on 1 February 1893.
Brandon hosts numerous arts festivals every year, including the Brandon Festival of the Arts, Brandon Jazz Festival, and the Brandon Folk Music Festival. In 2009 Brandon was host to the Western Canadian Music Awards.
