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Historic Places of the Red River Primer

Historic Places of the Red River Primer. Rivers West Manitoba Historic Resources Historic Places Initiative. Rivers West. If the Red River could talk, it would tell us many stories. Great events have happened along the Red River…

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Historic Places of the Red River Primer

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  1. Historic Places of the Red River Primer Rivers West Manitoba Historic Resources Historic Places Initiative Rivers West

  2. If the Red River could talk,it would tell us many stories Great events have happened along the Red River… Like four Grey Nuns arriving at midnight at their new home on the river in 1844.

  3. Some events we remember… Like the help Chief Peguis gave the early settlers. PAM

  4. Some events are lost in time. What great events took place at the Forks when the First Nations from across the land met there thousands of years ago?

  5. Historic Places save the stories We have lost our oldest history along the Red River, but we can save the most recent stories by protecting historic places.

  6. What are Historic Places? Historic places come in many shapes and styles. They can be a park where a homestead once stood. Lagimodière Gaboury Park

  7. What are Historic Places? They can be forts with great walls around them... Lower Fort Garry PAM

  8. What are Historic Places? or forts with no walls. PAM PAM Fort Dufferin 1874

  9. What are Historic Places? They can be places where battles occurred. Battle of Seven Oaks PAM

  10. What are Historic Places? They can be places where treaties were signed, Signing Treaty One, LFG PAM

  11. What are Historic Places? or rights protected and a province born. PAM Upper Fort Garry PAM

  12. What are Historic Places? They are places we find old bones and dried corn, telling the story of our first farmers, Kenosewun HRB

  13. What are Historic Places? or places that tell stories of today’s farmers. HRB HRB Mennonite housebarn on the West Reserve

  14. What are Historic Places? They are places where we worship, HRB HRB St. Andrew’s Church St. Peter, Dynevor Old Stone Church

  15. What are Historic Places? then and now. St. Boniface Cathedral

  16. What are Historic Places? They are places great explorers lived, PAM Captain Kennedy House HRB

  17. What are Historic Places? gateways through which tens of thousands poured to find a new life, Canadian Pacific Railway Station

  18. What are Historic Places? and theatres where people went to be entertained. Walker Theatre

  19. What are Historic Places? They are the first skyscrapers in Canada, Union Bank Bldg, Exchange District Stan Milosevic

  20. What are Historic Places? or several blocks in the centre of the city - used for movie sets today. Exchange District, 1944 HRB

  21. What are Historic Places? They are “one of a kind” or “biggest in the world”. St. Andrews Lock & Dam HRB

  22. What are Historic Places? Historic places are many things. They tell us about our past and show us a better way to the future. Their stories bring our history to life. Parks Canada

  23. Ours to Protect Historic places are great to: • Discover • Explore • Learn from • And protect for our children! Parks Canada

  24. Explore the Historic Places of the Red River! • Historic Places of the Red River - Vol. I & II • Fun activities for Grades 4 to 6 • Field trips to 19 historic places

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