Our Home, Winnipeg

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Our Home, Winnipeg

• Presented By
• Jessica and
• Maribeth

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Introduction
Did you know Winnipeg is the eighth largest city
in Canada? Did you know Winnipeg is home to the
world famous Winnie-the-Pooh? There are so many
reasons why Winnipeg is such a great city! Not
only does the city have a wonderful atmosphere,
but also many sources of entertainment. By the
end of this presentation, you will believe that
Winnipeg is the Friendly City of the Nation.
This is just the beginning...
Jessica and Maribeth at the Museum of Man and
Nature, visiting the Golden Boy on March, 2002.
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City Facts

• Winnipegs nickname is, The Gateway to the
  West.
• Winnipeg comes from the Cree words Win meaning
  muddy, and nipee, meaning water.
• Lying at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine
  Rivers. It is the capital of Manitoba.
• Winnipegs metropolitan area covers 4,078 square
  km.
• Its winters are cold and its summers are hot,
  but the dry

• climate makes every season livable.
• ? Its variety of houses old and new can cost
  from 25,000-1,000,000.
• ? Winnipeg has a lot of sporting teams.
• ? Winnipeg is one of Canadas largest cities.

Picture of legislative building fromWinnipeg
Online
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Winnipegs Past

• The Red and Assiniboine Rivers met about six
  thousand years ago, it was an important trading
  area.
• The native aboriginal tribes of the Cree, Ojibwa
  and the Assiniboine nations traded goods here.

Buffalo Picture courtesy of Found Locally

• Huge herds of bison roamed the plains.
• 1880 only a few bison were left, groups of
  hunters went to the south or west to find other
  herds.

Us and our friends at the Museum of Man and Nature
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Fur Trading

• ? Pierre Gaultier, Sieur De La Verendrye (a
  French explorer), was the first European to reach
  the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in September,
  1738.
• The first fur-trading post, he established is
  considered to be the first building on the site
  of the future Winnipeg.

• The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC), and the
  Canadian North West Company (NWC) were the two
  major fur-trading companies in fierce competition
  from the 1600 to the early 1800.
• In 1820 a merger was forced between the two
  companies, caused by the war in 1816, The Battle
  of Seven Oaks.

Picture from Museum of Man and Nature
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The Twentieth Century

• ? The new century brought a growth in population,
  mainly of
• immigrants from all over Europe and North
  America.
• The population went from 300 people in 1870 to
  136,035 by 1911.
• After World War I and the influenza epidemic,
  Winnipeg had another crises, twelve thousand,
  unionized workers went on strike. Causing the
  city to shut down for about six weeks, putting
  the whole

• city in chaos.
• Manitobas economy failed in the early 1920s,
  and collapsed during the depression.
• ? Winnipeg has grown steadily, based on its
  position as a major grain manufacturing,
  transportation, and financial centre, since 1945.
  

Picture Courtesy of Tourism Winnipeg
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Winnipeg, and its floods
? The Red River overflowed its banks in 1950.
Winnipeg and its surrounding communities were
devastated. ? The 80,000 residents of the area
that were moved, created the largest, peacetime
evacuation in Canadian history.
? The 63.2 million, 40 km diversion channel
around Winnipeg, saved it from floods in 1969,
1979, and the devastating, Flood of the
Century, in 1997. ? The opening of the flood way
in 1997 was the 18th time the Floodway had been
used.
Picture from City of Winnipeg
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Winnipegs Government
? Winnipeg has a mayor-council government. ? The
voters in each of the fifteen voting areas elect
one councilor to the city council. ? The
administrative head of government are the
councilors, who are serving a three-year term.
? A five-member board of commissioners,
including a chief commissioner, supervises
various departments of the government.

• Winnipegs first mayor was Francis
• Evans Cornish, Q. C. in 1874.
• ? Winnipegs current mayor is Glenn
• Murray, elected in 1998.
• ? He is our first openly gay councilor.

Legislative Building Picture By Brian
Sytnyk From Winnipeg Visitors Guide 2001
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The Past and Present City Halls

• The first city hall was completed in 1875, and
  was located on Main Street between William and
  Market Avenues. It was demolished because it was
  falling apart in 1883.
• The second city hall was completed in 1886. It
  was because of a almost injury they decided to
  demolish it as well in 1962,
• The third city hall was officially opened on
  October fifth, 1965 with the cost of its
  construction at 8.2 million.

Pictures from City of Winnipeg
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Economy and Employment

• Winnipeg is a rich grain-growing region.
• Many major companies are found here.
• Winnipeg's International Airport is one of the
  busiest airports in Canada.
• ? Some important products made that are made here
  in area factories include aerospace equipment,
  electronics, farm machinery, furniture

• and transportation equipment. Manitoba's economy
  in the 1980's changed from prosperity to
  recession.
• By the 1990's, unemployment had soared and crime
  had followed.
• ? After the flood in 1997 the economy of Manitoba
  started to get better.
• By 1999, Manitoba had the lowest unemployment
  rate in Canada.

Picture fromTourism Winnipeg
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Winnipeggers and their Education

• ? Winnipeg's population in the metropolitan area
  is about 670,000. More than 80 of it's people
  were born in Canada, with mixed European
  ancestry.
• ? In the 80s and 90s there was a wave of
  immigrants mostly from Asia, that arrived here in
  Winnipeg.
• Winnipeg's public school system has about 225
  high schools and elementary schools.
• Property taxes provide a source

• of revenue for the public schools.
• ? The University of Manitoba was founded in 1877,
  
• ? The University of Winnipeg was founded in 1871.

Picture of Sargent Park from www.wsd1.org/sargent
park
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Cultural Life

• Winnipeg is home to the world-famous, Royal
  Winnipeg Ballet, and the Manitoba Opera
  Association.
• Two very popular tourist attractions are the
  Museum of Man and Nature, and the Winnipeg Art
  Gallery.
• ? It has two daily newspapers, the Winnipeg Free
  Press, and The Winnipeg Sun.
• Folklorama is the "Best Cultural Event," in
  Canada as named by the Canadian Event Industry
  Awards.
• ? It welcomes 400,000 pavilion

Picture of Folklorama participants by Andrew
Sikorsky
visitors to experience the cultures of our globe
without even leaving the city. ? Other cultural
events include Ballet in the Park, Caripeg, The
Fringe Festival, Latinorama, The Jazz Festival,
and many more!
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Winnipegs Landmarks

• ? The Royal Canadian Mint, produces 30 billion
  coins for Canada and sixty other countries, and
  is found right here! It opened in 1975.
• ? Winnipegs the Forks, is its most popular
  tourist attraction.
• Manitobas Legislative building, located south
  of downtown and is home to the Golden Boy.
• He was currently taken down for restoration, and
  not to long ago displayed at the Museum of Man
  and Nature, for the public to visit.

Picture and information from golden boy exhibit
at Museum of Man and Nature.
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Conclusion
Winnipeg is not just a little city in Canada,
but a growing community of such different people
it is hard to imagine, and when they come
together they show you, that whatever your
culture, beliefs, and feelings are you can live
in harmony. There is still so much to come from
Winnipeg, we believe that it still has something
bigger to share with the world!
Picture of the Forks at night taken by Walter
Kaiser
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