it would depend on the route taken. it could be by small boat to Thunder Bay then by either train or ox cart, wagon train etc to Manitoba. it could be to the Dakota's and north by train to Winnipeg or just might be by small boat but not likely. larry dodds, searching DODDS, ECCLES COOK, MCLEOD, BAILEY, HALL, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, WATSON, call 1-204-785-2531, e-mail - ldodds@mb.sympatico.ca -----Original Message----- From: marquis@powersurfr.com <marquis@powersurfr.com> To: CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MANITOBA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 02, 2000 10:51 AM Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] EARLY TRAVEL to Manitoba >Hi: I would also be interested in replies to this message. > >John > >At 12:04 AM 12/2/00 -0600, jleech4 wrote: >>hello all I am hoping someone out there can answer this query for me . >When my gr.father came to Canada from England in 1884 he landed in Ontario >and then on to Manitoba. I have been told that when he came to Man. it was >not by land (as I had assumed) but by "small boat". ) any ideas on what >route they may have taken? thanks for any and all ideas.Judith >> researching LEECH/WARDLE