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Wheat Belt 
the large tract on the Prairies mainly given over to the growing of wheat.
See also: Prairies
- 1875 There are, no doubt, considerable portions of the North-West Territories external to the Wheat Belt which are capable of producing cereals.
- 1905 The winters are much milder than in the wheat belt, and the warm "Chinook" winds melt the snow at frequent intervals, enabling cattle and horses to forage for themselves.
- 1965 . . . Canada's "Wheat Belt" is generally pictured as a flat featureless expanse of prairie with nothing rising higher than a country grain elevator.
- 1875 There are, no doubt, considerable portions of the North-West Territories external to the Wheat Belt which are capable of producing cereals.