Here is an image of the Chief Peguis Trail Bridge ... and a bit of the Red River - which actually looks an earthy red on my old monitor, but I bicycle across that bridge often and the water is that yukky opaque gray brown. I've never seen it look "red" in my life!
By the way, Pequis is an Indian Reserve and the name PRINCE is connected to a chief??? who chose the name PRINCE as a surname (felt Royal ...
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and WW2 famed THOMAS (TOMMY) GEORGE PRINCE, and his brother my aunt married, are of that family.
Tommy Prince and Louis Riel, are honoured all over the place around Winnipeg and surrounding areas. Many many things, places, named after them.
Its also interesting to me that The Royal Winnipeg Rifles were formed in 1883 and fought in the Riel Rebellion against the Metis. My Uncle Eddie, a RWR Rifleman was Metis ... I love it
I don't know the history very well ...but well enough to notice some interesting things like this
You know, I knew absolutely NOTHING of my back-home area history until not too many years ago. I'm not educated and maybe leaving the area so young has a lot to do with that lack. Living in this area, history is "in your face and ears" and even the most hermetic people learn because they live here and can't avoid it
Geneology is a good thing because it teaches history, and lends appreciation to perspectives.
I don't know about you-all, but all this history stuff gives me a sense of "rootedness to the world" part of it all, rather than ... an isolated particle floating about.
Do you not think that learning history is also learning physics?
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ah well ... look at the dirty river!
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