3. Winnipeg, Manitoba

4. Winnipeg
The name Winnipeg is a transcription of
the western Cree word wi-nipe-k meaning
"muddy waters"

6. “Winnipeg” The Pooh

9. London
London was almost named “Georgina” in
honour of King George III.

10. Brian Luckman University of Western Ontario

14. Winnipeg
Winnipeg is home to the Royal Canadian
Mint, which produces all circulating
coinage in Canada.

16. “What have I done?”
(me)

23. Erik Nielsen Manitoba Geological Survey

26. “That won’t work.”
(me again)

28. Winnipeg
population: 680,000
River diversion
Main channel
Photograph: Greg Brooks

30. Winnipeg
Winnipeg lost its National Hockey League
franchise, ‘The Jets’ to Phoenix in 1995.
Phoenix!

32. Tree-ring display at elementary school
Photograph:Tom Swetnam

34. “temporarily”
1937

36. The Winnipeg River basin
In 2005, some residents argued that
northwestern Ontario should secede from
Ontario and join Manitoba.

38. Source: flickr.com, Mothman99
Water in Canada

39. $2 billion in annual revenue

40. How bad can drought get?

41. (It was like this when we found it)

45. How bad can drought get?

46. worse

47. exports 500 MW
each year to
Minnesota

55. ELNIÑO
STILLS WINTER WINDS ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN PRAIRIES
(AND THAT’S BOTH GOOD AND BAD NEWS
FOR THE WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY)
SCOTT ST. GEORGE STEPHEN WOLFE

57. Paleoclimate
Old-growth forests in Ivvavik, YT
Paleohydrology
Wind energy Lake Winnipeg during the late Holocene
Wind ‘drought’ in the northern Plains
Paleohydrology
Paleofloods in the US Red River
Paleohydrology
Decadal variability in CA and OR