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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN
No, I just made it up. Should have used Steinbach instead of Emerson as the SE anchour of the triangle.
I keep forgetting that the Metis had concentrated along the Red River while the first wave of Mennonites in 1871 settled on either side of the Red.
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The Mennonites had two distinct reserves - east and west - allotted to them in the 1880s. They didn’t randomly decide where to buy farms, although they later spread out beyond the allotment.