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2026-10-08

Seven Oaks House, built 1851-1853, is one of the oldest surviving residences in Manitoba. It takes its name from a…

2026-10-08

Born at Baki, Iceland, this publisher and entrepreneur became a prominent leader in the Canadian Icelandic community. As immigration agent…

2026-10-08

Stopping place on the Portage Trail; refuge of settlers in floods of 1826 and 1852. Here in 1856 John Rowand…

2026-10-08

This splendid red brick house was built in 1895 for Sir Hugh John Macdonald (1850–1929), son of Canada’s first Prime…

2026-10-08

Arriving in Manitoba in 1870 from Quebec at the request of Louis Riel, Dubuc became a strong supporter of the…

2026-10-08

Captain Thomas Button sailed from England in 1612 in search of a Northwest Passage to the riches of China. He…

2026-10-08

This 13 metre (42.65 feet) by 4 metre (13.12 feet) carvel-built and oak-framed riverboat was constructed in 1936 by William…

2026-10-08

Between 1845 and 1849 construction proceeded on a new stone church to serve the burgeoning Parish of St. Andrew’s. The…

2026-10-08

St. Anne's completed in 1864, is one of the oldest log churches in continuous use in Western Canada. Built through…

2026-10-08

In 1817 Jean-Baptiste Lagimodiére and his wife Marie-Anne Gaboury settled on Seine River lots granted them by Lord Selkirk. They…