The Dalnavert Museum & Visitor’s Center
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Come home to history. Explore a beautifully restored late Victorian residence Dalnavert in the former home of Hugh John MacDonald , a premier of Manitoba and son of Sir John A. Macdonald , Canada’s first prime minister . Named in honour of the Macdonald’s ancestral home in Scotland , Dalnavert is one of Western Canada’s finest examples of Queen Anne Revival Architecture and has been designated as a Canadian National Historic Site.
Designed to embody Victorian values, Dalnavert also incorporated the cutting edge technologies of 1895 , including central heat , indoor plumbing , telephones and electric lights.
Continuing the theme, the new 5,000 square foot visitor’s center is a “green building” , utilizing features such as geothermal heat, recycled / reclaimed materials and straw board construction , as water and energy saving technologies.
The new space provides increased opportunities for programming , exhibits as well as for special events.
July 12th, 2009
What Ever Happened to the Terry Fox Trademark Van ?
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Most Canadians remember Terry Fox who in 1980 attempted to cross Canada on his “Marathon of Hope”. Terry Fox’s signature wherever he went became his Ford Econoline van. The question became “What ever happened to that van “?”. Hundred’s of thousands of Canadians came to recognize that vehicle – the trademark Ford Econoline van as the Terry Fox van approached their communities.
When Terry Fox had to stop his run , just outside of Thunder Bay Ontario – where a memorial now is erected in his honour, the van was left behind. Terry’s cancer had unfortunately returned.
But what of the van too ? It turns out the van was sitting on a street in East Vancouver British Columbia ( Canadian province of BC). It basically has been unaltered throughout the years. The van had been loant to Terry by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, was returned to Ford. At some point the vehicle was sold and later driven from Ontario to B.C. to a heavy metal rock and roll band that used it to tour North America. The previous Terry Fox van served its new owners – the rock and roll band very well over their and the van’s career
Canadian Museum for Human Rights – Preparations Continue to Opening
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights – Preparations Continue to Official Opening
Canadian Museum For Human Rights Near It’s Goal – The donation was motivated by the Museum’s focus on educating youth to the importance of human rights. Winnipeggers should be glowing as the Museum will bring both tourism dollars to Winnipeg, and a sense of pride in providing the world …
Famous People of Manitoba » Canadian Museum of Human Rights … – “It is an honour to be part of the ground breaking for our new Canadian Museum for Human Rights” Manitoba’s Premier Gary Doer said. “We are thrilled to hae such a worthy national institution located in Manitoba , a province with a long …
Winnipeg Free Press – New donation puts museum $2 million away from fundraising goal. Geoff Kirbyson. 2/03/2009 11:43 AM | Comments (6). Print; E–mail. Enlarge Image Enlarge Image icon. The proposed Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The Canadian Museum for …
First Exhibit Canadian Museum for Human Rights – The first exhibition for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be an exhibit which premiered at the Human Rights Day Youth Conference – which was organized by the United Nations of Canada , and held at the University of Winnipeg …
Construction of Canada's human rights museum - The Canadian Museum of Human Rights will soon begin construction and will open in 2012. It will be the largest human rights museum in the world.
Monk’s Harbour
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There also died Francis Nelson , sailing master of the Resolution, and Button gave his name to the strange river coming down out of the unknown land. With him died also many of his shipmates presumably from scurvy , and in the spring of 1612 Button sailed with the survivors of the Discovery, leaving the Resolution to perish by the Nelson. The region of his discovery and costly wintering he called New Wales in honour of his homeland. After exploring the coast northward from Hope Checkt to “Ne Ultra” in sixty-five degrees north, he sailed home to England.
Button made his way back in the most confident hope and hopes, based on observation of the tides , that a passage to the west might yet be found . In 1614, 1615 and the year of 1616 his successors Gibbons, Bylot and Baffin , probed yet deeper into the ice-encumbered waters of both Hudson and Baffin Bays until at length the painstaking Baffin concluded that that there was no passage either way or either means. Others believed however tthat to the north or south of Buttons New Wales a passage might yet be found.
In this belief , Jens Munk, a Danish navigator, sailed into the bay in 1619, and thus followed Button’s course westward. Turning southwest with one ship while the other turned northwards , he discovered and on September 7 , entered the rock bound mouth of a most large river fifty nine degrees , long to be known as “Munk’s Harbour ” and today as “Port Churchill”.