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setting inspires a sense of history, a curiosity to learn more about events that shaped Canada and the continent. The appearance and purpose of the original buildings and gardens are…

Friends of Upper Fort Garry

Street from Broadway to Assiniboine Avenue in Winnipeg. It is our hope that this Park will bring the history of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Canada to life in a unique, design-conscious…

John Tanner’s bear hunt

to Net-no-kwa, an Ojibwa woman, with whom he traveled to “Prairie Portage” (Portage la Prairie today). They stayed with a band of Anishinaabe First Nations until game became scarce and…

Yellow Store

a hip roof, peaking at 27 feet. The filling inside the walls, called ‘nogging,’ was made of stone and mortar. The building stood for at least forty years on its…

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Friends of Upper Fort Garry, Event Inquiries Special Events Manager, The Forks Renewal Corporation Mailing address Unit 130 – 123 Main StreetWinnipeg, ManitobaR3B 3H6 fufg@shaw.ca Name (required) Email Address (required)…

Teacher Aids

Nations Experience Created by: Linda Connor and Greg PrudenDate created: August 2014 Download Lesson Plan – Upper Fort Garry Commemorative Plaques, Grade 11 Canadian History Created by: Ray SokalskiDate created:…

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…

Students tell Upper Fort Garry’s story

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 4 to 6, 2007/08…