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The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and its History

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and Its History
In 1960, the Board of Trade, by this time called The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, moved to 177 Lombard Ave., located in the heart of Western Canada’s financial and grain marketing district.
Built in 1911 on land purchased two years earlier by the Great-West Life Assurance Company for its [...]

The Dalnavert Museum & Visitor's Center

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 [...]