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with high variation between seasons. St. Laurent is in the Red River region of
Manitoba, which is prone to flooding, and the village last suffered a major flood in the spring and summer of 2011.
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Sometime after its establishment as a parish in 1858, the community was renamed St. Laurent, either after a
Catholic priest who established the permanent mission there or after the martyr
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St. Laurent has no central town square and is not exclusively organized around central roads, which is partially the result of the influence of the
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with limited potential for agriculture, but it is suitable for some farming and livestock raising. The climate is
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Attractions in St. Laurent and area include the following events and destinations.
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settlement, St. Laurent is one of the few remaining places in which the
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The Métis People of St. Laurent
Manitoba: An Introductory Ethnography
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St. Laurent was established as Fond du Lac in 1824 by Métis leaving
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ending in 1870. The broader area was formally incorporated as the
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Manipogo
Festival is held at the end of the ice-fishing in March.
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Burton, Ian; James-abra, Erin; Baker, Nathan (March 4, 2015).
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Standing
Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, Senate of Canada
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Brown, Jennifer S.H.; Filice, Michelle (August 3, 2018).
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Nicholson, Norman L.; Panneton, Daniel (July 21, 2016).
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Community
Profiles: Expressions of Métis Identity 2012
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914:"Community Profiles: Expressions of Métis Identity"
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The Metis
Homeland: Its Settlements and Communities
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997:. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
881:Brown, Jennifer S.H. (1985). William Cowan (ed.).
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1029:"Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, Pierre"
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520:Métis Music Festival is held in the community of
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1037:. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.).
461:arrived in the first half of the 20th century.
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803:"St. Laurent residents feel flood's pain"
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200:Rural Municipality of St. Laurent Council
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960:(M.A.). University of British Columbia
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1031:. In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.).
447:Rural Municipality of St. Laurent
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944:"Geographical Names of Manitoba"
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514:Meindl Beach and Big Tree Park
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469:The land is primarily glacial
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1671:Fishing communities in Canada
949:. Geographic Board of Canada.
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887:. 16th Algonquian Conference.
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197: • Governing Body
64:Location of St. Laurent in
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1027:Zoltvany, Yves F. (1974).
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1083:(North Interlake Area)
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424:Red River of the North
414:. Pembina, located in
369:Michif French language
1014:. Winnipeg Free Press
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412:Pembina, North Dakota
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132:50.41278°N 97.94083°W
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975:"Convention of 1818"
777:""Floods in Canada""
257: • Density
100:St. Laurent (Canada)
70:Show map of Manitoba
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1263:Little Saskatchewan
443:Red River Rebellion
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981:. Historica Canada
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1541:St. Laurent
1526:Poplarfield
1501:The Narrows
1421:Harperville
1416:Gypsumville
1356:Camp Morton
1292:Fairford 50
1205:St. Laurent
727:St. Laurent
573:2016 Census
488:Attractions
475:continental
432:Assiniboine
345:St. Laurent
299:Postal Code
212:James Bezan
135: /
94:St. Laurent
58:St. Laurent
32:St. Laurent
1650:Categories
1623:See also:
1606:Washow Bay
1586:Steep Rock
1566:Scotch Bay
1561:Sandy Hook
1546:St. Martin
1411:Grahamdale
1401:Fraserwood
1366:Clarkleigh
1219:Former RMs
1200:Grahamdale
854:References
841:January 5,
808:January 1,
635:Brown 1985
526:labour day
517:Métis Days
459:Mennonites
244:Population
192:Government
123:97°56′27″W
120:50°24′46″N
1581:Spearhill
1556:Sandridge
1536:Rosenburg
1531:Rembrandt
1511:Oak Point
1491:Mulvihill
1481:Moosehorn
1396:Fisherton
1376:Eriksdale
1361:Chatfield
1231:Eriksdale
1175:Armstrong
723:Holm 2001
522:Oak Point
465:Geography
449:in 1882.
405:Saulteaux
401:interlake
347:(French:
310:Area code
292:UTC−05:00
271:UTC−06:00
266:Time zone
174:Interlake
1496:Narcisse
1486:Morweena
1471:Malonton
1451:Jaroslaw
1381:Faulkner
1371:Deerhorn
1236:Siglunes
1185:Coldwell
1153:Riverton
1139:Villages
1081:Manitoba
894:"Michif"
533:See also
528:weekend.
434:people.
361:Winnipeg
162:Manitoba
157:Province
66:Manitoba
1516:Oakview
1506:Neveton
1456:Komarno
1441:Husavik
1436:Hodgson
1226:Bifrost
920:. 2012.
455:Bretons
375:History
303:R0C 2S0
148:Country
1611:Zbaraz
1591:Sylvan
1576:Silver
1466:Lundar
1461:Ledwyn
1446:Inwood
1431:Hnausa
1426:Hilbre
1406:Geysir
1351:Camper
1341:Ashern
1294:(part)
1190:Fisher
1096:Arborg
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576:. 2016
457:, and
391:, and
385:Ojibwa
327:062I05
186:No. 18
169:Region
151:Canada
1601:Vogar
1596:Vidir
1476:Meleb
1386:Finns
1336:Arnes
1195:Gimli
1117:Gimli
1089:Towns
947:(PDF)
550:Notes
393:Sioux
365:Métis
338:GAXYM
294:(CDT)
252:1,338
1521:Okno
1020:2019
1003:2019
987:2019
966:2019
935:2019
906:2019
868:ISBN
843:2013
810:2013
789:2019
582:2019
471:till
430:and
428:Cree
389:Cree
335:Code
333:GNBC
231:Area
324:Map
322:NTS
315:204
285:DST
275:CST
220:MLA
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