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Timeline... 1850 - 1869

The World 1861-65: Civil War in the U.S. 1848-52: Potato Blight causes extensive crop failures in Ireland. Canada 1859: Expeditions by Capt. Palliser and Henry Youle Hind explore the Northwest Territories to examine the suitability of the region for agricultural settlement.

Manitoba 1869:  Louis Riel leads a group of Metis in the formation of a provisional government.

The Wawanesa Area 1859 Expeditions by Capt. Palliser and Henry Youle Hind explore the Northwest Territories to examine the suitability of the region for agricultural settlement. 1870 May 12 – Parliament passes Manitoba Act, creating new province of Manitoba. 1876 Souris Mouth Post Office and Land Titles Office established at "the mouth". (Other accounts mention 1880 – the first mention found in Manitoba newspapers is from 1880 – although 1879 Steamboats service established the Assiniboine as far as Fort Ellis. Township of Oakland surveyed by Dominion Lands Surveyors it was part of Ward 11 in Brandon Municipality