Early baseball in Canada/Club 7

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Location	Canada
Year	1878
Month	4
Date	4
City	Emerson
State	Manitoba
Country	Canada
Nickname	Emerson BBC
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Winnipeg Free Press, April 16, 1878, announces that on the 4th Emerson organized the Emerson BBC. The club intends to challenge the Ridge, Pembina and neighboring cities.

Emerson was/is a railroad town south of Winnipeg on the border with North Dakota. It was founded in 1873, by American-Canadian railroad interests.

Sources

Winnipeg Free Press, April 16, 1878