Settlement
in Manitoba 1870-1921
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Weir, Thomas R. [Settlement 1870-1921] [map]. 1:3,041,280. In: Thomas
R.
Weir. Economic Atlas of Manitoba. Winnipeg: Manitoba Dept. of Industry
and
Commerce, 1960, pate 13.
These maps show the growth of population during the great settlement
period
of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From 1870 to 1901 the
population
of Manitoba increased from 12,288 to 255,211. The influence of the
rivers
was still evident in 1870, but by 1881 farmers had leapfrogged the wet
and
sandy areas, were above the Escarpment and also moving up the Riding
Mountain
slope, and Icelanders were occupying the western shore of Lake
Winnipeg.
By 1891 the most favourable areas were settled, except for the Dauphin
and
Swan river areas which were only beginning to be taken up shortly
before
1901. The fringe of agricultural settlement was being reached by that
time,
though in the next few decades settlers continued to move into the
marginal
lands of eastern and Interlake Manitoba. The maps also show clearly the
expansion
of the transportation facilities, particularly the development of the
railroad
network.
(Warkentin and Ruggles. Historical Atlas of Manitoba. map 153, p. 332)
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