Engine House

States. The machine likely used acid and soda dissolved in water to produce carbon dioxide, which expanded rapidly, pressurizing a tank and spraying a chemical-water mixture from a hose. Two…

Office Building

one chimney. The building was the administrative and bureaucratic center in the heart of the ‘workaday’ section of the Fort. Its doors faced south, away from the residential part of…

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Heritage Wall

trade. It then portrays European settlers and the events surrounding Red River’s entry into Canada. Finally, it depicts the remaking of the prairies, the building of Winnipeg, and the development…

Flag Pole

the Canadian Dominion flag which featured the Union Jack and the crests of Canada’s provinces on a red background. Other Flags Several historians have suggested that additional flags were flown…

Message from the Chairs

place where history will come to life. Manitoba has been a meeting place for thousands of years. In that spirit, this park will be a place where the traditional and…

Governor’s Garden

as a remnant of the original Gate Park of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Portions of this garden are planted and maintained by the Manitoba Master Gardener Association….

Isobel Finlayson’s frog

Hayes river and the length of Lake Winnipeg, is wonderful. The couple spent a whole day waiting for more favourable winds on a small island where they wandered together and…

West Wing

porches – provided these residents and their visitors with shade and comfort during the summer months. In 1878, the wing was still standing and was being used as a conservatory….