| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Rapid City, Manitoba ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Rapid City, Manitoba
Rapid City is a former town in southwest Manitoba, Canada within the Rural Municipality of Oakview. It is located about 30 km north of Brandon, Manitoba. Rapid City is built on the banks of the Little Saskatchewan River and is a farming community with a population of about five hundred people. The dam and reservoir in Rapid City were built by the province in 1961, the reservoir stores and provides a water supply and recreational facility for the community.
== History ==
In the 1870s as the railroad expanded, settlers were drawn to the area to build their homes and set up their businesses. The community was originally called Rolston's Colony (after John Rolston, an early settler). Around 1877 it was decided to rename the community Rapid City. Since the community was on the banks of the Little Saskatchewan River and it was a "rapid stream" they chose Rapid and city reflecting the optimism of those early settlers. During the 1880s many awaited the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway lines Canadian transcontinental railway that would bring with it a certain building boom. While people assumed that the projected northerly route away from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba would take it through Rapid City and its narrow river crossing, the route suddenly changed to a more westerly route. This brought it through the location of present-day Brandon, Manitoba, resulting in the boom and growth of that city.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Rapid City, Manitoba」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|