Meadow Portage, Manitoba

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Meadow Portage
Meadow Portage, Manitoba
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Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Population
 • Total
70
Area code (204)
Website http://www.meadowportage.ca/

Meadow Portage is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Meadow Portage is the name of a two kilometre fur-trade era portage across the isthmus between Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba. [1] The portage avoids a longer river-journey option north (via Long Island Bay to the West Waterhen River and Waterhen Lake, then a sharp turn south to the Waterhen River), a savings of about 70 km to Lake Manitoba.

Meadow Portage was originally inhabited by the Cree, Assiniboines, and the Ojibway peoples. The Hudson Bay Company then set up a trading post near the shore of Lake Manitoba in order to facilitate the fur trade. [2] The telephone area code for Meadow Portage is (204). [3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Meadow Portage had a population of 72 living in 37 of its 147 total private dwellings, a change of

References

  1. ↑ "Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada - Then and Now" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "The Community of Meadow Portage, Manitoba CANADA". www.meadowportage.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Meadow Portage (Manitoba): Community Profile". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

51°40′01″N99°36′29″W / 51.667°N 99.608°W / 51.667; -99.608

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