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Originally Posted by drew
Where did I suggest that?
There is nothing "wrong" with the prairies. However this thread is about the outdoors, and quite frankly the term "prairie" does not conjure up visions of anything really outdoorsy in my mind.
I am simply trying to point out that while Manitoba might be deemed to be prairie in a physical/political/sociolgical sense - in the realm of the great outdoors that fairly insignificant section in the southwest of the province does not exactly do the rest of the province justice. And unfortunately most people don't see that - especially driving through along the TCH. Apparently even people who have lived here for 28 years don't even realize it...
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Drew, I'm sure you would appreciate that only 2/5ths of Alberta can be labeled Prairie. Most areas north/NW/NE of Edmonton are forest, lakes, and rivers and rolling hills.
Same with north/NW/NE of Saskatoon.
I'm not disagreeing with you either. Only the Southern Central, and South-West parts of MB are "Prairie" like. This said, MB is still a prairie province, even if only in part, no matter how you like to consider it. By your logic, I could dismiss AB and SK as a prairie province, because, according to your logic, if some or part of the province(s) are not pastureland/prairie land, then you can't call it a prairie province.
AB/SASK/MB = prairie provinces. Theres nothing more to discuss here about it, and you simply can't refute it.
You'll see here, that yes, Sask / AB have a bigger chunk of prairie then MB, but, definately, none of the 3 provinces are fully prairie by any stretch of the imagination. Hopefully you can make out what the colours are supposed to represent.