Meadow Portage | |
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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]
- ^ "Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada - Then and Now" (PDF).
- ^ "The Community of Meadow Portage, Manitoba CANADA". www.meadowportage.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Meadow Portage (Manitoba): Community Profile". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.