prairies1905 Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Societies and Territories

Louis Riel

November 16, 1905. I am 61 years old today. In a way, I’m lucky: many of my children and grandchildren […]

Clifford Sifton

Shortly after ConfederationThis is a group of people or nations or tribes or provinces that form an “alliance”…., the federal […]

Nellie McClung

In the early 20th century, certain rights were not recognized for Canadian women, such as the right to vote. Women […]

A highly diversified population

In the Prairies, the populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group... when we talk about a group… […]

800,000 people

In 1906, the Prairies had a populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group... when we talk about […]

The Prairies in 1905, a plain to settle on!

“prairie” or “Prairies”? Close your eyes and imagine a prairie. What do you see? A flat, grass-covered landscape that stretches […]

Rich soil

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are called the Canadian Prairies because their territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"... is mainly formed by the physical region of […]

The Prairies around 1905

You have just got off the train after a really, really long ride! But it is beautiful out here, and […]