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The Many Peoples of Northwestern North America
the fort to trade for provisions and to negotiate. Fort Garry, Rupert’s Land (winter) – Library and Archives Canada The work for servants of the HBC at Upper Fort Garry…
In the Archives
Sources Entrance of Manitoba into Canada Newspapers & other resources: Manitoba Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada The Archives of Manitoba Keystone database . Historical Winnipeg Free Press Newspapers…
The Birth of a City and a Province
began to arrive in the settlement in the late 1850s and the company’s rule in the Northwest came increasingly under attack by Canada and Great Britain. As negotiations to transfer…
Government at Upper Fort Garry
settlement sat with their French-speaking counterparts in the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia and, acting as responsible representatives of the community, the body voted unanimously to accept Canada’s Manitoba Act and…
Trade and Transport
role as a transportation hub from early cart and boat traffic, to steamboats, railways, highways, and in more recent times the mid-continental trade corridor and Asia-Pacific gateway that is CentrePort….
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Friends of Upper Fort Garry (FUFG) Unveil Plans for New Downtown Park at Historic Winnipeg Site - $19 Million Heritage Park and Interpretive Centre
the original fundraising campaign and the city of Winnipeg donated the land. The Provincial government also purchased the Petro Canada station at Broadway and Main to complete the land assembly…
Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park Open to Public: Construction Fence Coming Down
Once a neglected and forgotten piece of land, FUFG approached the City with a proposal to reclaim and transform Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park into a heritage park. Through hard…
Today, A New Experience in Heritage Exploration
Manitoba a province, and to join the confederacy of Canada, laying the groundwork for all lands west to the Pacific and north to the Arctic to become part of confederation,…
Friends of Upper Fort Garry (FUFG) Get Down to Business, Demolition of 100 Main Street Photo Opportunity Today
17, 200910:30 am 100 Main Street, SW side of building, closest to The Grain Exchange Curling Club WinnipegFor more information, please contact: Clare MacKayManager, Marketing and CommunicationsPhone: 204-987-4360Cell: 204-291-9151Email: clare.mackay@tf-np.ca…