Meadow Portage, Manitoba
Meadow Portage is the name of a two kilometre fur-trade era portage across the isthmus between Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba. 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. The telephone area code for Meadow Portage is (204).
Demographics
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 km (44.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.6/km (1.6/sq mi) in 2021.
References
- ^ "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
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