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A celebration of Winnipeg's storied North End
The mosaic village
A celebration of Winnipeg’s storied North End
HARAPIAK PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER TITTENBERGER Enlarge Image
Selkirk Avenue, the heart and soul of the North End, near its intersection with McGregor Street, 1960s.
WINNIPEG writer Russ Gourluck, whose specialty is local social history, launches his latest book tomorrow.
It’s called The Mosaic Village, and it documents Winnipeg’s colourful [...]
Fort Garry in Ruins
“Fort Garry in Ruins,” announced a headline in the Manitoban, dated May 27, 1871. “Not exactly the entire Fort, reader, but a considerable portion of the stone wall fronting on the Red River. It has been threatening a tumble down for a long time, and lest it might fall into the Fort, some men were [...]
Explore Manitoba: St. Andrew Locks
It was because of the people’s desire to improve the navigation on the Red River that started it all. St. Andrew’s Locks was considered as one of the major engineering development of its time. It was on May 4, 1910, when it was officially opened and served the public. The ceremony was headed by Prime [...]
The Military Reign of Terror
Schultz from running through the village crying, ‘Death to the Pope! Death to Catholics! Death to the Half Breeds! Death to the priests! and from burning Donald Smith in effigy.”
Using the nom de plume Veritas, a Manitoba man wrote the St. Paul Press in Minnesota on November 6, 1870, that the English soldiers had come [...]
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 [...]
Red River's Only Newspaper Shuts Down
December 1869: Rupert’s Land Colony : Louis Riel and his supporters have closed the offices of the “Nor’Wester, the colony’s only newspaper. The move is one of a series of events in which the provisional government is seeking to impose its authority on the troubled colony. In this same week all Winnipeg shops were cleared [...]
Manitoba "Selkirk Settlers"
Early on in the settlement of Manitoba nearly half of the settlers became so very discouraged by the difficulties that they encountered at the Red River settlement and settlements that they accepted the North West Company’s offer to fund their passage back to “eastern Canada” ( Lower Canada)
Until the arrival of cattle, the settlers lacked the [...]
"The" Winnipeg Blizzard – March 4 , 1966
THE MARCH 4 1966 BLIZZARD
The Day Winnipeg was Paralysed
by George Siamandas
I remember that storm–(Dave Sawatzky)
If you are over 40 and have lived in Winnipeg your whole life you likely remember the Blizzard of 1966. It occurred on Mar 4, a Friday and it shut down Winnipeg like it had never been shut down before. The [...]
