#Coulee, or coulée (/ˈkuːleɪ/ or /ˈkuːliː/ is a term applied rather loosely to different landforms, all of which refer to a kind of #valley or #DrainageZone. The word coulee comes from the #CanadianFrench #Coulee, from French couler 'to flow'.

In a parallel universe, #Winnipeg is styled around a network of #rivers, #creeks and #treams, where paddlers drift past stone mills churning grain into flour.

Within the area now bounded by the Perimeter Highway, there were once 16 major streams and 20 small creeks or coulees that carried water when fed by heavy rains or spring melt.

— much of the landscape now occupied by Winnipeg was #marshland or periodic #WetMeadow.

The streams and creeks carved that land, and bowed and twisted as they meandered through farms and fields that are now private yards, city streets, golf courses, and the heart of #WinnipegExchangeDistrict.

#WetLands #Landscape #Manitoba #Canada #CanadianHistory #UrbanHistory #History #Canadiangeography #Geography #Environment #UrbanPlanning

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/creeks-streams-winnipeg-history-1.4641823