The surface waters of Winnipeg: rivers, streams, ponds and wetlands 1874-1984: the cyclical history of urban land drainage

ABSTRACT The modern day City of Winnipeg is situated on the poorly drained floor of pro-glacial Lake Agassiz, one of the flattest regions on earth. Within the area now bounded by the Perimeter Highway sixteen major streams and at least twenty small coulees once emptied into the Àssiniboine and Red...

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Main Author: Graham, Robert Michael W.
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5148