![]() Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Indigenous people in Manitoba relied on hunting moose, caribou, bear and beaver, and to a lesser degree fishing. Groups in Manitoba alongside the Cree, are much more recent arrivals, having lived in Manitoba for less than 300 years. The Anishinaabeg ( see Ojibwa), today one of the largest Indigenous The ancestors of these groups arrived in Manitoba between 10,000 and 13,000 BCE. On the plains in the south, the Cree whose vast territory stretched from the plains to the Hudson Bay Lowland in the north, and the Dene who occupied the far north. The area that became Manitoba is part of the traditional territory of the Assiniboine and Dakota who lived (courtesy Native Land Digital / Native-Land.ca) Indigenous People Assiniboine, Cree, Dene and Ojibwa traditional territory. ( See also Geography of Manitoba.) History Further north is boreal forest and bush-tundra by Hudson Bay. This grassland transitions to mixed forest toward the centre of the province. In terms of vegetation, southern Manitoba is characterized by open grassland. In addition, many of Western Canada’s major rivers flow into southern Manitoba, namely the Saskatchewan, All three are the remnants of Lake Agassiz. Lakes and rivers make up 101,590 km 2 of the province, comprising one-sixth of its total area. Of Canada’s 10 provinces, Manitoba ranks third in water coverage. Manitoba’s principal resource is fresh water. Hydroelectric power,įreshwater fishing, metal mines and some forestry are located in the Canadian Shield region. Churchill, Manitoba’s only saltwater port, is located in the Hudson Bay Lowland. By comparison, the Hudson Bay Lowland and the Canadian Shield are This region is also where most of Manitoba’s arable land is located. Population is concentrated in the southwestern corner of the province, in the Interior Plains physiographic region. These three regions are the Hudson Bay Lowland,Ĭanadian Shield and the Interior Plains. ![]() The band has seen a steady rise since their teenaged debut in 2018. they've won the annual Uniter Fiver competition, opened for such Canadian indie favourites as Mauno, Hot Garbage, and Living Hour, played the Winnipeg Folk Festival as part of the Young Performers Program, and self-released their debut record, A Beautiful Place, in 2020.Manitoba is divided by three of Canada’s seven physiographic regions. ![]() I'm so excited to have them join the House of Wonders family." Their music is catchy and personal and meaningful, and they're great live. "I admire their approach to music-making as an artistic endeavour, while retaining a sense of humour and ease. it's lush, daring, searching, controlled, and purposeful. The record will be their first to be released on House of Wonders Records, the label run by Adam Fuhr of Yes We Mystic. Life in the Dome was recorded meticulously in a friend's basement, but it's not the type of record that you'd expect to have been made in a friend's basement. “But it’s also an embrace of the idea that the worst is always around the corner, this feeling that if we’re gonna get killed by a deadly virus and then destroyed by climate disasters, why don't we make our own disaster and elect some idiot to trap us in a dome?” “ like feeling isolated from the world at large in Winnipeg, but also feeling some sort of community with the people immediately around us, especially during the pandemic when we were all stuck alone together,” says Alex Braun, the band’s drummer. a story of a community electing a mayor who then erects a glass structure over the town, trapping the residents inside. In 2020, amidst an era of confusion and angst, they conceived of The Dome. Sky Parenteau, Alex Braun, and Nick Lavich work as a singular creative unit, creating nimble music that explores themes of alienation, mental illness, and modern anxiety. Since the band formed in 2018, they’ve been known for their jagged, emotionally charged music rooted heavily in the sounds of 1990s alt rock (a decade, one should note, that they weren’t alive for). Health & Safety Guidelines for Manitoba Music Projects & Events.
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