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Manitoba

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Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces, with a population of 1,182,921 (2007) . It was officially recognized by the Federal Government in 1870 as separate from the Northwest Territories, and became the first Province created from the Territories. It is the eastern most of the three Prairie Provinces. The word "Manitoba" is etymologically related to the native word "manitou" which means spirit. Manitoba, in the Red River area, contained the first western colony and settlement area of Canada. Manitoba is the only Canadian Province with an arctic deep water sea port at Churchill, along Hudson Bay. Manitoba's northern sea port is the only link along the shortest shipping route between North America and Asia.

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[edit] Hockey in Manitoba

The Manitoba Moose, a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League, play in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre. The Brandon Wheat Kings are longtime members of the Major Junior circuit, Western Hockey League. In Junior 'A' Manitoba boasts twelve teams, all eleven in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, plus one team, the Flin Flon Bombers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

Hockey Manitoba is the governing body of all amateur ice hockey in Manitoba, Canada. Hockey Manitoba is a branch affiliate of Hockey Canada, and was founded in 1914 as the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association.
Each season, Hockey Manitoba hosts the Minor Hockey Provincial Championships. Approximately 35 communites across the province host provincial tournaments as 400 team entries and 6,000 players compete for a chance to win a Provincial Championship. Various provincial categories are held in both male and female hockey in the Atom, Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget age divisions.

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[edit] List of Manitoba Players

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[edit] Towns of Manitoba


Towns of Manitoba
Please note that this list may not be complete
Albert - Alexander - Alonsa - Altona - Angusville - Anola - Arborg - Argyle - Ashern - Austin - Badger - Bakers Narrows - Baldur - Beausejour - Benito - Binscarth - Birch River - Birds Hill - Birtle - Boissevain - Bowsman - Brandon - Brochet - Bruxelles - Caliento - Camperville - Carberry - Carman - Cartwright - Churchill - Clearwater - Cormorant - Cranberry Portage - Cross Lake - Crystall City - Cypress River - Dauphin - Deloraine - Dominion City - Duck Bay - Dugald - East Selkirk - Easterville - Elie - Elgin - Elkhorn - Elm Creek - Elma - Elphinstone - Emerson - Erickson - Ethelbert - Falcon Lake - Fisher Brand - Flin Flon - Forrest - Fort Alexander - Foxwarren - Fraserwood - Friedensruh - Garden Hill - Gardenton - Garson - Gilbert Plains - Gillam - Gimli - Gladstone - Glenboro - Gods Lake Narrows - Gods River - Grand Rapids - Grandview - Gretna - Grunthal - Grunton - Hadashville - Hamiota - Hartney - Hochfeld - Holland - Île-des-Chênes - Ilford - Island Lake - Kensville, Manitoba - Kenton - Killarney - Kleefeld - La Broquerie - La Rivière - Lac Brochet - Lac du Bonnet - Landmark - Leaf Rapids - Libeau - Little Grand Rapids - Lockport - Lorette - Lundar - Lynn Lake - MacGregor - Manitou - Matlock - McCreary - Melita - Miami - Minitonas - Minnedosa - Moose Lake - Morden - Morris - Narcisse - Neelin - Neepawa - New Bothwell - Nelson House - Niverville - Norway House - Notre Dame de Lourdes - Oakbank - Oakburn - Oak Lake - Oakville - Olha - Onanole - Oxford House - Pikwitonei - Pilot Mound - Pinawa - Pine Falls - Piney - Piperstone - Plum Coulee - Portage la Prairie - Powerview - Pukatawagan - Rapid City - Red Sucker Lake - Reinfeld - Reston - Richer - River Hills - Rivers - Riverton - Roblin - Rossburn - Russell - St. Adolphe - Ste. Anne - St. Boniface - St. Charles - St. Georges - St. Jean Baptiste - St. Laurent - St. Malo - St. Pierre-Jolys - St. Rose du Lac - St. Theresa Point - St. Lazare - Sandy Bar - Sandy Lake - Sanford - Selkirk - Seven Sisters - Shamattawa - Sherridon - Shilo - Shol Lake - Silver - Snow Lake - Solsgirth - Somerset - Souris - South Indian Lake - South Junction - Split Lake - Sprague - Starbuck - Steinbach - Stonewall - Stony Mountain - Stuartburn - Sundance - Sundown - Swan River - Tadoule Lake - Teulon - The Pas - Thompson - Treherne - Tolstoi - Tyndall - Vassar - Virden - Vista - Vita - Waasagomach - Wabowden - Wanless - Warren - Wawanesa - West St. Paul - Whitemouth - Winkler - Winnipeg - Winnipeg Beach - Winnipegosis - York Factory - York Landing - Zhodan



Canadian Provinces
Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - Newfoundland and Labrador - New Brunswick
Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Québec - Saskatchewan
Territories: Northwest Territories - Nunavut - Yukon