Red River Flood

The Red River, which runs through Manitoba, Canada, and the US States of Minnesota and North Dakota, has flooded many times through the centuries. This specific flood was the consequence of wet weather during the previous autumn, followed by a winter of heavy snow, and then a late spring with a sudden thaw in early May that coincided with heavy rainfall. Today, this flood is still considered the greatest known flood on the Red River in Manitoba, Canada. It destroyed most of the fur trading posts of the Red River Colony.