Portage la Prairie
(por-tij luh PRER-ree), city (1991 pop.
13,186), S Man., central Canada; 49°58'N 98°18'W. Center of a
mixed-farming region; diversified industries. Near the site of Fort La
Reine, an important fur-trading post built (1738) by Verendrye as
a carrying point bet. the Assiniboine R. and L. Manitoba.
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