Winnipeg, city, capital (1870) of Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, 40 miles southwest of Lake Winnipeg and 60 miles north of Minnesota. It is the economic and cultural center of Manitoba and the heart of the most populous metropolitan area in central Canada.
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Métis leader Louis Riel, the Father of Manitoba, never actually lived in the white wooden house with forest green trim in Winnipeg that’s a national historic site bearing his name. But his mother did and, in a rather sombre twist, his body lay in state here for two days after he was hanged in 1885 for treason.
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