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  • 2026-10-08
    The need for public buildings such as court houses and town halls accompanied the settlement of Western Canada. A town's…
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    Neubergthal is an excellent surviving example of a Mennonite street village, a distinctive form of prairie settlement in western Canada.…
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    Between 1872 and 1876, the North American Boundary Commission delineated the last link in the transcontinental boundary between Canada and…
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    The first Norway House was built in 1814 at Mossy Point on Lake Winnipeg by Norwegian axeman hired to cut…
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    This theatre, with its particularly lavish interior, was the finest ever built in Winnipeg. Constructed in 1913-1914 to the designs…
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    A native of Trois-Rivières, soldier, trader and explorer, La Vérendrye founded the first white settlements on the Canadian Prairies. Between…
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    Between 1731 and 1743 La Vérendrye, a native of Trois-Rivières, supervised the construction of a series of fur trade posts…
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    Designed under the direction of Thomas Fuller, chief architect for the Department of Public Works from 1881 to 1896, this…
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    Built upon plans drawn by English military engineers to secure control of Hudson Bay for the Hudson's Bay Company and…
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    Built for the Reverend Charles Gordon in 1913–1914, this large, stately residence reflects his position as a leading Presbyterian clergyman…