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Neepawa summary
Neepawa is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the Yellowhead Highway. As of 2006 its population was 3298 (Canada Census). It was incorporated in 1883.
Known to aboriginals as a good hunting and gathering area. Neepawa means plenty or abounding in. The name was first used in about 1873 and probably came from the
Cree language. Early fur traders and settlers knew Neepawa as an area of stable climate, good soils and abundant harvests.
When the Province of Manitoba was established in 1870, the Neepawa area was in what was then known as "The Northwest Territories", just to the west of the postage
stamp province. During the next 30 years, a wave of settlers descended upon the area. The first settlers came from the British Isles and Eastern European settlers
soon followed. In 1881 the western boundary of Manitoba was extended to its present location, and Neepawa became part of Manitoba.
Andrew Baker was the first to homestead in 1878 the SE of 33-14-15W, now the ground Neepawa sits on. A family of 14 Grahams and 16 others from Ontario homesteaded
in the Neepawa vicinity in 1877. James Graham (99) and his wife Catherine(101) died soon after and were the first buried in Riverside cemetery.
In 1881 John Hamilton and John Davidson built a store and a grist mill near the junction of Boggy and Stoney Creeks. The first post office opened in 1882. Soon a
village grew and in 1883 the town of Neepawa was incorporated. Moses McFadden built the first frame house in Neepawa and surveyed much of the surrounding area. John
McFadden, his son, was the area's first doctor and druggest. Dr. David Harrison who owned a private bank in Neepawa was elected Premier of Manitoba in 1887. Neepawa's
first hospital was completed in 1904 and had the capacity for 20 patients. The hospital included a nursing school. Neepawa's first school opened in 1881. It was a
three storey building finally completed in 1898 and used until 1928. The Neepawa Salt Company mined salt here from 1932 until 1970.
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