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…

Yellow Store

…solid foundation which was likely made of wood. Usually, wooden foundations were built upon trenches filled with rubble that helped water drain and enabled the wood to breathe rather than…

Wooden Wall

By the 1850s, Upper Fort Garry had become the economic and social centre of the Red River. This unexpected growth in importance led to the construction of additional structures that…

Government at Upper Fort Garry

…HBC and the Metis in Red River. Ultimately, during the attempts to transfer Rupert’s Land to Canada in 1869 the Metis struggle for recognition of their traditional political and land…

The Many Peoples of Northwestern North America

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In the Archives

…and Michael Gatien for the construction of a building ((Robert Parker Pelly fonds 1820s) MG2 B1-B2 Council of Assiniboia fonds MG2, B5, B6-1, Correspondence and Minutes of Executive Relief Committee…

Gate

…on the gate’s construction, including some of the Chelsea pensioners, members of a small military regiment in charge of protecting the Red River settlement. The Fort’s walls, bastions and buildings…

Discovering Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park

…decided to give up its claim to Rupert’s Land (over one-third of today’s Canada), people in the Red River settlement began to worry about their economic and political future. Under…

Historical Overview

…Fort Garry and its crucial role in the history of Manitoba and the Canadian West. At the meeting with heritage professionals a total of eleven themes were developed. However, these…