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Wellington's Land of Promise and the Edgar Crossing
A richly detailed reminiscence traces Lake Agassiz’s retreat into Manitoba and the land's formation, then follows Alexander Edgar’s 1872 trek from Upper Fort Garry to a crossing on White Mud River. It recounts trenching peat boulders, early Red River cart routes, indigenous guides, and the first Wellington settlement with shanty, bridge, and homesteads by 1873.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Agassiz
Canada
Agassiz Lake
Manitoba
Keystone
Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay
Arena
Lake
Queen Victoria
Upper
Fort Garry
Red
Assiniboine
Alexander Edgar
Red River
Edgar
Alex
White Mud River
Gladstone
Red River Valley
Fort Gary
Fort la Reine
Portage la Prairie
Perry Park
Langruth Ridge
Salt Plains
Woodside
North West Territories
Manabit
Ily
Minnehah
Pine Creek
Minnehaha
Squirrel Creek
Night Bird
Welington
Duke of Wellington
Bobolink
God's Acre
Prairies
Austin
Westbourne
Manabi
Father
Wellington
Ontario
Palestine
Emerald Isle
William McKelvy
Upper Canada
Fitzroy County
McKelvy - McLachlan
Dawson Trail
North Elbow
Gunter
Plains of
Alex Edgar