Burial sites and evidence of settlements by Mound Builder and Assiniboine cultures along its shores provide the earliest evidence of human settlement in the region.
Joseph Godon was one of the well-known Metis leaders in the district north of Rock Lake Manitoba. He was born near Pembina North Dakota to a family associated with Alexander Henry's trading station at Pembina, but he lived most of his life in the Rock Lake district.
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Rev. L. O. Armstrong's diary of his journey from Emerson to the Turtle Mountains.
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Tennant's diaries of his journey from Emerson to the Turtle Mountain district of Manitoba.
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Letters written by Tennant and published in the Emerson International.
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Tennant's autobiographical memoir of his time in Southern Manitoba.
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Short biographies of Manitobans.
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