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Manitoba's biggest flood caused 'wreck of a whole colony' 200 years ago

The spring 1826 deluge that devastated the Red River Settlement, described as a "once-in-a-millennium flood" by one historian, was the largest in the recorded history of the Red River watershed.

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Manitoba's biggest flood caused 'wreck of a whole colony' 200 years agoThe spring 1826 deluge that devastated the Red River Settlement, described as a "once-in-a-millennium flood" by one historian, was the largest in the recorded history of the Red River watershed.
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