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Winnipeg's Mud and Early Rails From The National Dream
Excerpt recalls 1873 Winnipeg incorporation amid mud and scarcity of sidewalks water works and sewers. It notes the first street lamp wagon water tank on wheels and 1874 sod turning for a Pembina border railway, plus Pemina Branch hardships and the bold push to reach the CPR main line with population growth and stern frontier enterprise.
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Winnipeg
Ae Pacific Railway
M.P
Minnesota
California
George Rath
St. Bonitace
United States
Hudson's Bay
Fort Garry
CPR
Lake Superior
Selkirk
Lake Manitoba
Edmonton
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Sanford Fleming
Grand Central
International
Merchants
Queen's
North West
St. Boniface