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the
Red
RIVER
 History
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Legendary
Lineage
The
famous Métis leader
Louis Riel was the grandson
of the adventurous Marie-Anne
Gaboury, the first white
woman to accompany her voyageur
husband to the northwest
Canadian frontier. Learn
more in History/Rebel
of the Red.
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 Fishy
Facts |
Monster
Catch
Channel
catfish, caught in the murky
waters of the Red, often
weigh in at more than 10
kilograms!
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Though much
of its 877 kilometre length lies south
of the Canadian border, between Minnesota
and North Dakota, the Red River of Manitoba
has played a pivotal role in the history,
culture and economic development of
the country's geographic heart. At the
Forks, where the clay-coloured waters
of the Red join the Assiniboine River
on a final run to Lake Winnipeg, early
civilizations have made their camps,
voyageurs have traded their furs, pioneers
have tilled the fertile soil and a capital
city has risen from the golden wheat
fields of the surrounding prairie. Flood-prone
and fickle, the Red River has ebbed
and flowed along with the steady spirit
and dramatic events that have shaped
its colourful history.
The
Wetland World of Netley Marsh
Falling no more than 70 metres during
its entire 877 kilometre length, the
Red River is in no big hurry to send
its waters north. As it prepares to
empty into the southern tip of Lake
Winnipeg, it gets downright sluggish,
ending in a vast deltaic wetland known
as Netley Marsh.
Learn more in Ecosystem
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