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Grey Nun's Convent – St. Boniface National Historic Site of Canaday

The Grey Nun’s Convent , Winnipeg’s oldest building houses the St. Boniface Museum .  Built for the “Grey Nuns” who arrived in the Red River Colony in 1884, the structure is an outstanding example of Red River frame construction and historic construction methods and procedures.
The museum presents an impressive collection of artifacts  that reveal both [...]

Louis Riel Leads Provisional Government Dec 27, 1869

           Red River Colony – “Rupert’s Land” -  At this point in time – December 1869 – Louis Riel announced that he had become the new leader of the provisional government at the Red River Colony in what was then referred to as “Rupert’s Land” – later to be called the “Province of Manitoba”.   This [...]