Kitchen Garden

…and radishes. Most of the seeds used in testing crops in Hudson’s Bay Company posts came all the way from London! Gardeners used traditional tools such as spades, hoes, rakes,…

Office Building

…discussed the future of Rupert’s Land, the Hudson’s Bay Company territories, which would later become the province of Manitoba. They stood on a second floor gallery, or landing, where the…

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Heritage Wall

More than 400 feet of steel and light, the Wall marks the height, depth and location of Upper Fort Garry’s west wall, which was demolished in the…

1859 House

…rooms that had once been storerooms while their officers moved into the Governor’s House, where Hudson’s Bay Company employees normally lived. The mingling of fur trade and military business made…

Videos

…Clifton Public School in Winnipeg wrote and recorded a rap about Hudson Bay Company and North West Company forts in Manitoba. Winnipeg School Division, Arts Smarts Project: Clifton School Grade…

Resources and Natural Systems

…the fort’s construction in the 1830s the settlement was largely denuded of trees, cut down for building purposes and for firewood. By the 1840s settlers and company servants were travelling…

Flag Pole

Several flags flew at Upper Fort Garry between the 1830s and the 1880s. The Hudson’s Bay Company Union Jack This flag was flown at Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts, including…

West Wing

…built in the West Wing at different times for Hudson’s Bay Company officers. Verandas – screen porches – provided these residents and their visitors with shade and comfort during the…