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2 unusual facts about Portage la Prairie


CJPG-FM

Licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, it serves the Central Plains region of Manitoba.

Graeme Connal

He was skip for the Scottish team that received a silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships in Portage la Prairie.


3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School

3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS) is located at the Southport Aerospace Centre just south of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

Bertram Brooker

Born in Croydon, England, to Richard Brooker and Mary Ann (Skinner) Brooker, he moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1905 with his family.

Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie

Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie is a former military airport located adjacent to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

Herbert Beresford

In Rupertsland, however, Beresford was challenged by Liberal cabinet minister Ewan McPherson, who had been defeated in Portage La Prairie.

Herbert Pierce

He was born in Tolon Creek, Dane County, Wisconsin, the son of William Smith Pierce, and was educated in Hutchinson, Minnesota and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

On March 30, 2005, Kelowna Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

La Salle River

The La Salle is a river in Manitoba, with its source near Portage La Prairie and terminating in the Red River in Saint Norbert (southern Winnipeg).

Manitoba Great Northern Railway

The railway was incorporated on March 10, 1909, to purchase the right-of-way and tracks of the Midland Railway of Manitoba between Gretna at the International Boundary and Portage la Prairie, as well as between Morden and the International Boundary.

Manitoba Reform Party

Ken Carver received 97 votes in Crescentwood, and anti-bilingualism activist Fred Debrecen received 388 votes in Portage La Prairie.

Matthew Goode and Co

He wrote The Story of the Siege in Peking (1901) They later lived at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada,

Portage—Lisgar

This is a rural district that include the towns of Portage la Prairie, Carman, Altona, Winkler and Morden.

We Were Children

The film was shot in Manitoba, in Winnipeg, St-Pierre-Jolys and at the former Portage residential school, now the Rufus Prince building, in Portage la Prairie.


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Economy of Manitoba

Portage la Prairie is a major potato processing center, and is home to the McCain Foods and Simplot plants, which provide French fries for McDonald's, Wendy's, and other commercial chains.

Manitoba Highway 26

PTH 26 serves as an alternative scenic route between Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg as it closely follows the Assiniboine River which flows south of the highway.

Manitoba Liberal Party candidates, 1990 Manitoba provincial election

In 1996, it was reported that Christoffersen was working as a teacher for a Hutterite community near Portage la Prairie (Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 1996).

Matthew Goode and Co

He was likewise feared killed in the Boxer Rebellion, in July 1900 and retired to Winnipeg, Canada and were buried at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

NATO Flying Training in Canada

Those moving on to Phase III training on the Helicopter and Multi-Engine tracks go to Portage La Prairie (Southport) Manitoba for those courses.

Westbourne, Manitoba

The community of Westbourne, Manitoba lies northwest of Portage La Prairie on the Yellowhead Highway.

William Sexsmith

He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1915, was a partner in the law firm of Arthur Meighen and also served as president of the Canadian Hockey Association and the Manitoba Hockey Association, as well as president of the Portage la Prairie Rink Co.