Burial sites and evidence of settlements by Mound Builder and Assiniboine cultures along its shores provide the earliest evidence of human settlement in the region.
Joseph Godon was one of the well-known Metis leaders in the district north of Rock Lake Manitoba. He was born near Pembina North Dakota to a family associated with Alexander Henry's trading station at Pembina, but he lived most of his life in the Rock Lake district.
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A listing of the Metis claimants to scrip lands in the district surrounding Rock Lake, Manitoba.
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Rock Lake was a well-loved recreational area. This collection of postcards are from ca 1910.
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