Labels:sky OCR: Third Legislative Building Manitoba's population had grown steadily from the time af its joining Confeder ation. People continued to arrive from east tern Canada, seeking fertile and inexpensive farmland. Many Men nonite immigrants arrived from Russia, seeki ing refuge from religions persecut ion and seeking to develop an agricultural way of life in the southern areas of the provin ce Icelandic immigrants came to settle communities along Manitoba's lakes and rivers, and dev eloped the fishing industry Many European immigrants follow red in the early 20th century Ukrainian, Jewish. and Polish communities were thriving in the region populati artnand indust
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