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"Fruitful Manitoba" immigration pamphlet
To encourage immigration, the Department of Agriculture and Immigration (1890-1959) published and circulated literature on agriculture, farming, and other interests in Manitoba through its Publications Branch. This branch published "Fruitful Manitoba" in 1892. Manitoba Legislative Library, RBC, JV-60 Im6, Box 5.

Photographs used in the exhibit

Emma and Octavius Averill This studio portrait of Emma and Octavius Averill was likely taken before the family's departure from England. A of M, Averill, Octavius 1, N5877	St-Boniface - Winnipeg ferry For more than a decade, the Winnipeg-St.Boniface ferry provided a vital transportation link between the two settlements. From an original engraving entitled "Editor's first view of Winnipeg 1879", which appeared in "Western World", vol 3 #29, July 1892, p.151. A of M, Transportation - Boat 4, N12765, CT34.
Main Street, Winnipeg, 1881 The Rossin House, located to the left of City Hall (background), was one of many hotels and boarding houses to accommodate immigrant travellers during the 1880s. A of M, Winnipeg-Streets-Main 1882 1 N16067.	Group of Aboriginal people Aboriginal people, as seen here at the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Albert Street c.1881, would certainly have aroused the curiosity of newly arrived immigrants. A of M,Transportation-Red River Cart 15, N1428
Main Street looking north from Portage Avenue showing the wide mud road and boardwalks. Two views of Main Street looking north and south from Portage Avenue showing the wide mud road and boardwalks. A of M, Stovel Advocate Collection 20	Main Street looking south from Graham Avenue showing the wide mud road and boardwalks. Two views of Main Street looking north and south from Portage Avenue showing the wide mud road and boardwalks. A of M, Streets – Main c1880 1
The steamboat "City of Winnipeg" In 1881, the Winnipeg & Western Transportation Co. acquired the sternwheeler "Minnesota", refurbished and re-named it the "City of Winnipeg". Later that year, the "City of Winnipeg" was wrecked in a storm off Long Point on Lake Winnipeg. Photo by Bennetto. A of M, Transportation- Boat-City of Winnipeg 1 N9511	Interior of the steamboat "City of Winnipeg" In the 1880s, as settlement expanded further west, many homesteaders boarded well appointed steamboats, such as the "City of Winnipeg", formerly the "Minnesota", to reach their land. Photo by Bennetto. A of M, Transportation-Boat-City of Winnipeg 2, N9513
Photograph of an ox-cart Settlers loaded all of their worldly possessions onto ox carts for the long, slow treck to their homesteads. A of M, Transportation-Oxen 5, N678	Photograph of a shanty Many homesteaders lived in small, crudely constructed shanties before building larger permanent homes. A of M, New Iceland Collection 291, N11295
Photograph of the Honourable David Laird The Honorable David Laird (1833-1914) was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (1876-1881). In 1881, Minnedosa became part of the Manitoba, when provincial boundaries were expanded. A of M, Laird, David 2 N10451	Photograph of Portage la Prairie, c 1880. A c.1880 scene of bustling Portage la Prairie as the last cart train preapres to leave town. A of M, Portage-la-Prairie 2-4, N16716.
Photograph of Minnedosa c.1880 According to Emma, Minnedosa, seen here in the 1880s, experienced phenomenal growth in just a few short months. Photo by Duffin & Co. A of M, Minnedosa 8, N1019.

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