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Nipawin

Nipawin - derives from the Cree, nipâwin, meaning "sleeping, a place to sleep" in reference to the resting places on the valley's river flats. [click images to enlarge]


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c. 1930. [166]
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John Diefenbaker riding in a wagon at the 1972 parade in Nipawin. [167]

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