- 2026-10-08The Earl of Dufferin (1826 - 1902), Governor-General of Canada from 1872–1878, the first Vice-Regal Representative to visit Manitoba. In…
- 2026-10-08Mammoths and mastodons were two of the most prominent species of megafauna ("big animals") to inhabit Manitoba during the last…
- 2026-10-08The Hudson Bay Railway was actively proposed in the 1870s to provide the West with a direct route to Europe.…
- 2026-10-08In 1871, a party of Scots from Middlesex County, Ontario settled along the Rat Creek and Whitemud River. They were…
- 2026-10-08Near this spot stood the original office of the Nor'Wester, the first newspaper of the Canadian prairies, founded in the…
- 2026-10-08The eroded banks and shallow waters of the Assiniboine River at this point indicate that this was a suitable place…
- 2026-10-08The first occupants of the shores of Hudson Bay were the people of the Pre-Dorset Culture who came from their…
- 2026-10-08Quarrying at Stonewall began ca. 1880 as part of an emerging limestone industry in southern and central Manitoba. The Stonewall…
- 2026-10-08This aqueduct has long been recognized as a unique achievement in the history of Canadian engineering. From its source 156…
- 2026-10-08In 1870, Canada sent a military expedition to the Red River Settlement to oversee the transfer of political control from…