In the Archives

Provincial Archives of Manitoba Belleau Collection (microfilm from Assumption Abbey Archives, Richardton, ND) MG1 A1 Chief Peguis Collection MG1 B8 “A description of the travels of the Philip…

The Many Peoples of Northwestern North America

Daily Life in the Red River SettlementBy Robert Coutts The settlement at Red River was a sprawling community, an “extended village” of diverse peoples living on river lots…

The Birth of a City and a Province

Upper Fort Garry and the Red River Resistance: The Birth of Manitoba and Winnipeg and the Growth of Canada By the 1840s the development of an independent economy…

Government at Upper Fort Garry

Upper Fort Garry and local government In the 19th century, Upper Fort Garry influenced the development of political, economic and social life in the Northwest, symbolizing the company’s…

Stone Walls/Trellis

The trellis that divides the park represents the original stone north wall of Upper Fort Garry. By the 1850s, Upper Fort Garry had come to play a very…

Kitchen Garden

When Europeans first settled in North America, they had to learn how to grow food in an unfamiliar environment. They planted many kinds of seed to determine what…

First Nations Experience

Upper Fort Garry and The First Nations Thousands of years before the construction of Upper Fort Garry and even a number of millennia before fur traders ever saw…