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A-Mazing Manitoba by:Patrick Berkenstock and Brendan Sparr


 * The Winnipeg River is 140 miles long. It empties into Lake Winnipeg, near the city of Winnipeg. In pioneer days, the Winnipeg River was on the fur-trade route to the Northwest.
 * The Reindeer lake covers 2,444 square miles. It lies between Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The waters of Reindeer lake drain south into Reindeer river and the Churchill river system.[[image:jsyret/lr002757.gif caption="These are all found in The Spruce Woods Provincal Park"]]


 * The Spruce Woods Provincal Park has a river called the Assiniborne River. It features hiking, cross-country ,skiing and camping.[[image:jsyret/pc011174.gif caption="Winnipeg Art Gallery "]]


 * Winnipeg is the capital of Manitoba and one of Canada's largest cities. It is Canada's main grain market and one of the nation's leading centers of culture, finance, and trade. About 700,000 people, more than half of Manitoba's population, live in the Winnipeg metropolitan area.

> > Most of Brandon's residents are employed in service industries, including government, education, retail trade, and health care. Food processing and the manufacture of chemicals and fertilizers are among the city's chief industrial activities. The city is the home of the B. J. Hales Museum of Natural History, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, and Brandon University. Brandon has a large complex used for recreational, cultural, agricultural, and convention activities.
 * Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba. Only Winnipeg has more people. Brandon is a service and distribution center in a rich farming area. The city lies on the Assiniboine River.


 * Manitoba has four main land regions. They are, from northeast to southwest: (1) the Hudson Bay Lowland, (2) the Canadian Shield, (3) the Manitoba Lowland, and (4) the Saskatchewan Plain.