First Europeans Wintering on Manitoba Soil
Monday, 9th February 2009
On August 27 he put into an estuary of a great river flowing from the Southwest to rest and refit, and consider his future course. Before he was ready to sail, the sudden closing in of cold weather made it necessary to prepare to winter on that forbidding shore. Dikes against the ice were built around the ships in a little “creeke” on the north side of the shore.
This three Europeans first wintered on Manitoba soil.
