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Manitoba (English IPA: /ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə/; French /manitoba/) is one of Canaa's 10 provinces, with a population of 1,193,566 (2008). It was officially recognized by the Federal Government in 1870 as separate from the Northwest Territories, and became the first Province created from the Territories. It is the easternmost of the three Prairie Provinces. The word "Manitoba" is etymologically related to the native word "manitou" which means spirit. Manitoba, in the Red River area, contained the first western colony and settlement area of Canada. Manitoba is the only Canadian Province with an Arctic deep water sea port at Churchill, along Hudson Bay. Manitoba's northern sea port is the only link along the shortest shipping route between Canada and Asia.

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  • Lakes in this province include Cedar, Gods & Winnipegosis
  • This Canadian province is home to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  • It's the easternmost of Canada's Prairie Provinces
  • The name of this Canadian province is an anagram of "main boat"
  • Canada's fifth province(8)
  • This Canadian province’s largest lake is Lake Winnipeg
  • Between 1812 & 1815 the Scots & Irish founded the Red River settlement in this Canadian prairie province
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  • It's the easternmost of Canada's three prairie provinces
  • In 1812 the Earl of Selkirk established the Red River Colony in this Canadian province to begin settling the West
  • Of Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, the 1 Canadian Prairie Province that is not landlocked
  • It's the easternmost of Canada's 3 Prairie Provinces
  • It's the "Keystone Province" because of its central location in the country
  • Each February the Northern Trapper's Festival held north of Winnipeg in this province celebrates early Canadian pioneers
  • This province's port of Churchill is the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"
  • Lake Winnipeg in this province is the largest body of water entirely within any Canadian province
  • Wapusk National Park, in this province one east of Saskatchewan

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