One of the primary fur trading stations to which the trappers in southern Manitoba gravitated. Alexander Henry arrived at Pembina in 1801 bringing with him a large fgroup of Ojibway trappers and their families.
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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