Kitchen Garden

and sickles. Growing local foods was important to the Hudson’s Bay Company. Importing goods for settlers was expensive! Nuts and fruits, including brazil nuts, almonds, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, watermelons, tomatoes,…

First Nations Experience

a place where the histories of Native and non-Native peoples have intersected. While the Ojibwa maintained the closest connection to European traders there, Cree and Assiniboine peoples also harvested the…

Stone Walls/Trellis

Assiniboine: A Thematic History, 1734-1850. Ottawa: Environment Canada, Parks Service, 1988. Guinn, Rodger. The Red-Assiniboine Junction: A Land Use and Structural History, 1770-1980. Ottawa: Parks Canada, 1980. Loewen, Brad and…

General Depot

Minnesota to the eastern seaboard and Europe was less expensive and more practical than the one through York Factory. Consequently, Upper Fort Garry gradually became the main HBC collection 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….

Bastion

Major’s living quarters, the canteen, and magazine – where military supplies and ammunition were stored. During their stay, the soldiers maintained a continual watch from the bastion on top of…

Map of the Site

Heritage Park Building locations and gardens in the former Fort identified by historic records and archaeological excavations, are demarcated by raised limestone walls. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Heritage Wall Symbolizing…

Resources and Natural Systems

an “experimental” farm at the Forks, hoping to introduce more advanced agricultural techniques and technology to a fledgling community beset by crop failures and poor yields. Despite a considerable investment,…