Meadow Portage, Manitoba
Meadow Portage is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Meadow Portage | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Population | |
| • Total | 70 |
| Area code | (204) |
| Website | http://www.meadowportage.ca/ |
Meadow Portage is the name of a two kilometre fur-trade era portage across the isthmus between Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba.[1] The portage avoids a longer river-journey option north (via Long Island Bay to the West Waterhen River and Waterhen Lake, then a sharp turn south to the Waterhen River), a savings of about 70 km to Lake Manitoba.
Meadow Portage was originally inhabited by the Cree, Assiniboines, and the Ojibway peoples. The Hudson Bay Company then set up a trading post near the shore of Lake Manitoba in order to facilitate the fur trade.[2] The telephone area code for Meadow Portage is (204).[3]
Demographics edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Meadow Portage had a population of 72 living in 37 of its 147 total private dwellings, a change of 7.5% from its 2016 population of 67. With a land area of 115.61 km2 (44.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada - Then and Now" (PDF).
- ^ "The Community of Meadow Portage, Manitoba CANADA". www.meadowportage.ca. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Meadow Portage (Manitoba): Community Profile". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
51°40′01″N 99°36′29″W / 51.667°N 99.608°W