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Explore Manitoba: Old Fort Garry Gateway

The gate’s history is one of rejection and threatened destruction and its existence today, as the centerpiece of Fort Garry Gateway Park on the east side of Fort Street, seems due more to luck and happen stance than civic planning. The last remnant of Upper Fort Garry, which was dismantled in 1881-1882, the gate is [...]

The Military Reign of Terror Part II

When lawyer Joseph Dubuc stepped outside the courthouse on Main Street near Upper Fort Garry, he didn’t expect to be a victim of violence arising from animosity that had contributed to a riot during the previous year’s federal election. Yet, emboldened by alcohol and waiting outside the courthouse was the man who would eventually become [...]

Famous Murals of the Royal Alex CPR Railway Hotel in Winnipeg Manitoba

Mural of historic Winnipeg “Upper Fort Garry” itself