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How the Assiniboine River Got Its Name
In a Letter to the Editor, Henry Irvine Graham discusses the Great Delta shaping the Assiniboine River course near Stockton and Glenboro. He links Delta lip formation to Lake Agassiz, notes the river’s southward bend, and explains the origin of the name as a contraction of Stone Boilers or Assini pwat, linking Indigenous words to Ojibwe roots and Orangemen’s Day imagery.
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Dome Petroleum
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Assiniboine Basin
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