St. Norbert

The first inhabitants of this region were former employees of the fur companies who settled here, with their Metis families, between 1822 and 1825 and whose main occupation remained for many years the buffalo hunt and Red River cartage. In 1857 Msgr. Taché erected the territory as a parish which he named St. Norbert in honour of Msgr. Norbert Provencher, first Bishop of St. Boniface. Here was organized, under Louis Riel and Msgr. Ritchot, the movement of resistance of 1869-1870.

Les premiers habitants furent d’anciens engagés des compagnies de fourrure qui s’y établirent entre 1822 et 1825 et dont l’occupation fut la chasse aux bisons et le « fretage ». En 1857, Mgr Taché érigea le territoire en paroisse qu’il nomma en mémoire de Mgr Norbert Provencher, premier évêque de Saint-Boniface. Ici s’organisa, sous Louis Riel et Mgr Ritchot, le mouvement de résistance de 1869–1870.