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2 unusual facts about Souris


Edward L. Garden

Educated at the Decorah Institute in Decorah, Iowa, he married and moved to Bottineau County in North Dakota in 1899, where he operated hardware and furniture stores in Landa, Lansford, and Souris.

Souris, Prince Edward Island

These early settlers experienced several plagues of field mice in the surrounding area during the 1720s-1760s (the name is French for "mouse").


2011 Souris River flood

In early May, flash flooding occurred between the Souris River source and the Assiniboine River, as Kingsley No. 124, Saskatchewan saw its worst flooding in over 50 years.

42nd Canadian federal election

Incumbent parties retain all four ridings: Conservative candidates Larry Maguire and Ted Falk are elected in Brandon—Souris and Provencher respectively, while Liberal candidates Emmanuel Dubourg and Chrystia Freeland are elected in Bourassa and Toronto Centre respectively.

Charles B. Cochran

Cochran was also responsible for bringing Nikita Balieff and Balieff's theatre group "Chauve-Souris" to London.

Dennis Heeney

Later in the year, Heeney ran as a candidate for the national Confederation of Regions Party in the federal riding of Brandon-Souris.

Errol Black

He won the New Democratic Party's Brandon—Souris nomination in 2000 over Wayne Langlois, and finished fourth against Tory candidate Rick Borotsik.

Europhenome

The development of EuroPhenome is in collaboration with the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and the Clinique de la Souris (France).

Heath mouse

Common names include heath mouse, heath rat, blunt-faced rat, Shortridge's native mouse, fausse souris de Shortridge (French), and ratón bastardo crestado (Spanish).

John Clark Salyer II

In 1966, the Fish and Wildlife Service renamed the Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota as the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge to honor his legacy of contributions to the preservation of America's wildlife.

Lake Souris

Therefore, when its channel of discharge was transferred to the new course by Pelican Lake and along the Pembina River, Lake Souris was suddenly lowered about 125 feet to the level of the top of the bluffs of Langs Valley, and a further lowering of 110 feet was afterward effected by the gradual erosion of this valley.

MS Madeleine

The MS Madeleine is a car/passenger ferry owned and operated by C.T.M.A. between Souris and Cap-aux-Meules.

Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association

The Association's president from 1995 to 1999 was Larry Maguire, who went on to serve as MLA for Arthur-Virden in the Manitoba Legislature from 1999 until 2013 when he was elected Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris.


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