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| Cooks Creek Heritage Museum | |
| Cooks Creek Heritage Museum is situated in the oldest Galician settlement in western Canada. The seven buildings include a restored barn and blacksmith shop, pioneer homes, candle house and chapel. Dedicated to early pioneers from Slavic Europe. Heritage Day (August). Open for tours May to August, daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed Wednesdays. September by appointment. Admission charged. Tel. 204-444-4448 Fax: 204-444-4224 Web: www.cchm.ca E-mail: cchm@highspeedcrow.ca Location: PR 212 and Sapton Road east of Birds Hill Provincial Park |
| St. Boniface | |
| St. Boniface Winnipeg's "French Quarter" is a historic and cultural cornerstone of the city and the largest French-Canadian community west of Quebec. It is the birthplace of Louis Riel, who was born in the Red River Settlement in 1844 and educated in St. Boniface and Montréal. Chosen as secretary of the Comité national des Métis, he later became the President of the Provisional Government, which led the struggle for a negotiated entry of the Red River Settlement into Confederation as a province rather than a territory. A bust in front of the St. Boniface Museum, a statue on the east side of Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, a statue on the grounds of the Legislative Building, and a plaque on the western wall of St. Boniface Cathedral, all pay homage to Riel's role as a spokesman for his people. Riel's grave is located in the cemetery of the Cathedral. |
| Rossville Mission | |
| Rossville Mission, where the syllabics of the written Cree language were created by Methodist Minister James Evans in 1842, stands on a point on Little Playgreen Lake. |
 Carman | |
| Carman An oasis on the prairies, the Boyne River flows through this beautifully treed community. Kings Park, located in the centre of town, offers an aquatic centre with two water slides, tennis courts, picnic area and campground. A 6 km-pathway features four river bridges and a tall grass prairie. Carman celebrates the Blizzard Fest in February and the Carman Country Fair in July. Web: www.townofcarman.com E-mail: info@townofcarman.com | |
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| St. Matthew's Anglican Church | |
| St. Matthew's Anglican Church, established in 1890, features 17 beautiful stained glass windows. Open daily to view. Church service at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Tel. 204-534-6253. Website: www.boissevain.ca |
| St. Peter Dynevor Anglican Church (PHS) | |
| On the east side of the Red River is St. Peter Dynevor Anglican Church (PHS). Built in 1852-54, it was the only Aboriginal Anglican parish in the Red River Settlement. Chief Peguis, friend and benefactor to the Selkirk Settlers and defender of Native land rights, is buried in the churchyard. Location: 5 km/3 mi. north of East Selkirk on PR 508, then follow signs west. |
| Churchill | |
| Churchill The Polar Bear Capital of the World is the only human settlement where polar bears can be observed in the wild. The bears tip the scale at over 1,300 pounds, stand 10 feet tall and can move with surprising speed and agility. Best viewing time is October to early November. Churchill, population 1,000, is accessible by air or the Hudson Bay Railway line, which was built over permafrost and muskeg in 1929 and required a crew of 3,000 to complete. The two-night, one-day trip on VIA Rail from Winnipeg to Churchill (1,600 km/1,000 mi) provides comfortable bedrooms or roomettes and fine Manitoba cuisine in the dining car. Calm Air, Kivalliq Air run regular scheduled air service from Winnipeg, Thompson and Gillam year-round. In summer, white beluga whales surface and plunge in the blue-green waters of the Churchill River. You’ll be talking distance of the most vocal whales in the world. More than 3,000 beluga whales come in early July to feed and calve. Seals can also be seen in the harbour and caribou are frequently sighted along the coast. Visitors are awestruck upon seeing the haunting beauty of our aurora borealis (northern lights). Blue, green and white in colour, they swirl and dance in the still northern sky with performances that can be seen on clear nights. According to legend, the northern lights will dance their way down to earth if you whistle at them. Why not give it a try? Churchill is a birdwatchers’ paradise—some 250 species of birds including the rare Ross Gull, nest or pass through on their yearly migrations. Bird Cove is an excellent spot for bird-watching. The wreck of the Ithaca, caught in a windstorm in 1960 while carrying nickel ore from Rankin Inlet to Montreal, is at the western tip of the cove. Akudlik Marsh and Harbour Board Ponds are also very good spots for birdwatchers. On the tundra, lichens and miniature shrubs and flowers bloom each spring and fall. A short distance inland are patches of taiga (subarctic) forest, with black spruce, scattered white spruce and a thick mat of lichens. Twin Lakes is an island of boreal forest rising out of the surrounding subarctic tundra. Established in 1957, the Churchill Rocket Research Range is a National Historic Site located at the geographic centre of northern light activity. The skyline of the area is unique with the shapes of four launchers from which more than 3,000 rockets were fired into the atmosphere. Trilobite Beach is a fossilized tropical beach nestled below the billion year old cliffs of Churchill quartzite. Four million years ago, this was the shoreline of a warm tropical sea located near the equator. The world’s largest trilobite fossil, 72 cm long, was excavated in 1998. Website: www.churchill.ca E-mail: town@churchillmb.net |
| Old Kildonan Presbyterian Church (PHS) and Cemetery | |
| Old Kildonan Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (PHS) History spans over 150 years. It is the final resting place of Selkirk settlers, Hudson Bay men and many of the founders and prominent citizens of Manitoba. Open May to October, daily. Tel. 204-334-1591; fax: 204-927-7978; Website: www.kildonanpresbyteriancemetery.com E-mail: kpcinfo@mts.net Location: John Black Avenue (off Main Street). |
| St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church | |
| St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church A contemporary adaptation of traditional Byzantine-Ukrainian architecture, this church has brilliant stained-glass windows and a large mosaic of Christ on the façade. Services are held in Ukrainian and English. Tel. 204-582-6695; fax: 204-582-1068; Website: www.stnicholaschurch.ca E-mail: office@stnicholaschurch.ca Location: 737 Bannerman Avenue. |
| Kaleida | |
| Kaleida The cemetery at a stone Anglican church southwest of Darlingford contains gravestones of pioneer families. There is an excellent view of the sweeping Pembina River Valley to the south. Location: southwest of Darlingford, off PR 528. |
| Trappist Monastery Ruins (PHS) | |
| The Trappist Order came to St. Norbert in 1892 and built a self-sufficient monastery in 1903-1905, including milking barns, stables, a cheese house, apiary, sawmill and cannery. Fire gutted the vacated church and residential wing in 1983. The beautiful stone shell, set in a park, is one of many sites developed along the Red River. Open mid-May to September. Location: 1 km/.6 mi. west of Pembina Highway on rue des ruines du Monastere off rue des Trappistes. (PHS) |
| St. Andrew's-on-the-Red Anglican Church (PHS) | |
| Built between 1845 and 1899, St. Andrew's-on-the-Red Anglican Church (PHS) is the oldest stone church in Western Canada still used for public worship. This Gothic Revival church has massive walls, small painted windows, a steep roof and a full wooden steeple. A Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque commemorates the site. Kneeling benches are covered with buffalo hide and many original fixtures still remain. |
| Holy Trinity Anglican Church | |
| Holy Trinity Anglican Church The church was built in a neo-Gothic style in 1884 and features magnificent stained glass and woodwork. Holy Trinity was designed by Charles Wheeler, architect of Dalnavert House, and is designated a National Architectural Significance site. Open late May to early September 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday to Friday for guided tours. Tour groups welcome. Free admission. Tel. 204-942-7465; fax: 204-956-2698; Website: www.holytrinity.mb.ca E-mail: trinity@mts.net Location: corner of Donald Street and Graham Avenue. |
| International Peace Garden | |
| International Peace Garden Located on the Manitoba/North Dakota border 24 km south of Boissevain, visitors are free to roam within the garden from one country to the other. The Peace Garden is more than flowers, summer camps and camping. It is dedicated to peace and home to informative sites such as our Conservatory, Interpretive Centre, North American Game Warden Museum and Peace Chapel. It is an amazing place for family gatherings, great meals and creating lasting memories. Our Garden is open year-around with the exception of the week between Christmas & New Years. Admission to enter park. Noted for exquisite landscaping, the garden features: A unique 5.5 m/18 ft working Floral Clock with nearly 3,000 flowers, run by GPS. The Peace Chapel features three walls of fossil-embellished Manitoba limestone with quotations from "people of peace." The September 11 Memorial displays 10 beams from the World Trade Center in the formal garden. The International Peace Tower’s height, 35 m/120 ft high, symbolizes the soaring ambitions of the early immigrants arriving from the four corners of the world to Canada and the United States in the 1800’s and 1900’s. The Carillon Bell Tower sounds every quarter-hour from 14 chimes. The bells range in weight from 250 lbs to 2,000 lbs, totalling 20 tons. The Historic Lodge is built of native stone and Manitoba timber by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the late 1930s. The CCC also built the dam and spillway that created Lake Udall. The International Music Camp has weekly sessions in band, choir, orchestra, dance, drama and other fine arts, during June and July. The Masonic Auditorium, built in the shape of the Masonic symbol which is square and compass, is the only building of its kind in the world. The North American Game Warden Museum is a joint initiative of Fish and Wildlife Officers from both Canada and the United States. In the rear courtyard is the Hall on Honors, the first memorial if its kind in the world dedicated to their brother and sister wildlife enforcement officers who have lost their lives while serving to protect natural resources. Stone monuments of every state and province are on display, listing their fallen officers. The Sunken Garden is an octagonal mosaic pattern of trees, flowering shrubs, perennials, annuals and paved walkways meandering around an impressive centered octagonal pond. Interpretive Centre and Conservatory, Gift Shop, Restaurant and Horticultural Library A year-around Interpretive Center houses a restaurant, conservatory, retail store and moderate horticulture library. The conservatory reveals 40 years of a 6,000 specimen collection of exotic trees, succulents and cacti. Africa is home to many of the plants. The collection was donated by Don Vitko of Minot, ND. It is the first of its kind in North Dakota and only the second in Manitoba. The Dedication Day was September 11, 2010. Identification Requirements The International Peace Garden does not require any identification for entrance. However, upon leaving the International Peace Garden, you will report to the port of entry of whichever country you are re-entering. At that time identification will need to be presented. US and Canadian citizens do not need a passport to visit the International Peace Garden. The ports of entry ask that you have two forms of identification, which are: 1. a photo ID (example: driver's license) 2. proof of citizenship (copy of a birth certificate) For children a birth certificate is the only form of identification that is needed. For further information, please call the port of entry that will be used upon leaving the International Peace Garden. Tel. 204-534-2510 Toll-free: 1-888-432-6733 Web: www.peacegarden.com |
| Historic Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection (PHS) | |
| Historic Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection, recognized as a historic site by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, was built between 1936 and 1939 and is an outstanding example of the early Kievan style of Eastern Christian church architecture. Father Phillip Ruh designed the church, with iconographer, Theodore Baran (1957-58). Half-hour guided tours in July and August. Other times by appointment. Tel. 204-638-5511/638-4190. (PHS) |
| St. Elijah Pioneer Museum (PHS) | |
| St. Elijah Pioneer Museum (PHS) is the oldest standing Romanian church in Manitoba. It was built by Romanian pioneers in 1908 and restored in 1979. Its design reflects traditional church forms common in Bukovyna and Romania, then part of the Austrian Empire. Admission charged. Tel. 204-564-2228 Web: www.stelijahpioneermuseum.ca Location: 4.8 km/3 mi north of Inglis on PR 592 and .8 km/.5 mi west |
| Frikirju (Free) Church and Grund Frelsis Liberty Church (PHS) | |
| Baldur Nearby is the Frikirju (Free) Church built in 1910 for Icelandic Lutherans with special services still held each year. Location: from Cypress River 2 mi. south, 1.5 mi. east and 1.5 mi. south. The Grund Frelsis Liberty Church, established in 1889, is the oldest Icelandic Lutheran Church in Canada. It is representative of late nineteenth century Gothic Revival church architecture in rural Manitoba - a wood frame on a simple rectangular plan. It is also used for special services. Location: 9 km / 5.5 mi. north of Baldur. (PHS) |
| Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine | |
| Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine This is Canada's second martyr's shrine. A beautiful chapel contains the relics (mortal remains) of the Ukrainian Catholic martyr, Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky. Beatified by Pope John Paul II, Blessed Vasyl suffered severe tortures during the Soviet regime and died in Winnipeg in 1973. A museum with artifacts and a video depicts the martyr's life story. Open Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Guided tours available. Free admission. Tel. 204-338-7321; fax: 204-338-7321; Website: www.bvmartyrshrine.com E-mail: bvshrine@mts.net Location: St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, 250 Jefferson Avenue. |
| La Chapelle de Notre Dame-du-Bon-Secours (PHS) | |
| La Chapelle de Notre Dame-du-Bon-Secours is one of the few open air chapels remaining in Manitoba. It was built by Father Ritchot and his parishioners in 1875. (PHS) |
| Rossburn Historic Sites | |
| Near Rossburn visit a mass grave and monument commemorating the Ukrainian settlement in Canada and where in 1899, 42 persons succumbed to scarlet fever. Designed in the spirit of old world architecture are: Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, and Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Assumption of the Virgin Mary, St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church. Churches open by appointment. Marconi School, built in 1922, is open spring to fall. In 1899, the Ukrainian settlers built small tent-shaped pole structures with sheaves of rye straw, known as buddas which were home to the pioneers until their homesteads were assigned. Tel. 204-859-2762/859-2779 (weekdays)/859-2429 (weekends); E-mail: town.rsb@mts.net |
| Westminster United Church (PHS) | |
| Westminster United Church (PHS) This church was located among one of Winnipeg's growing populations. Built in 1903-1904, this dramatic Gothic-inspired church features slender pinnacle towers and a beautiful rose window. Location: Maryland Street and Westminster Avenue. |
| St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church (PHS) | |
| Dolyny The great wave of Ukrainian immigration to Manitoba between 1896 and 1914 brought new architectural forms to the Prairies. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is located in the beautiful rolling hills near Riding Mountain National Park. The church is a rare example of a domed Ukrainian church constructed of logs. Location: PR 566, 11.5 km from Menzie. (PHS) |
| St. Norbert | |
| St. Norbert A Métis settlement since 1822, it was the centre of the early events connected with the Red River Resistance of 1869-70. The Métis, led by Louis Riel and supported by Father Noël-Joseph Ritchot, decided to oppose the Canadian annexation of the West without prior consultation with the original inhabitants of the settlement. Near the church stands the Riel-Ritchot monument, dedicated to the two men most responsible for the success of the resistance that led to the founding of Manitoba. |
| Fairbanks House, Anglican Church, Bell | |
| Fairbanks House, still a family home, was built in 1882 of local fieldstone. The Anglican Church was built in 1876 (corner of Church and 1st Street); while the bell of St. Andrews United Church originally hung in Grace Church in Winnipeg, where it welcomed Colonel Garnet Wolseley's force to the Red River Settlement in 1870. |
| St. John's Cathedral (PHS) | |
| St. John's Cathedral (PHS) Established in 1820 by John West, it was the birthplace of the Anglican Church in Western Canada, and is the "Upper" Church in a series of Anglican churches along the Red River. The present building is the fourth church built at this location. Many of the monuments commemorate the work of the early pioneers and later settlers of the Red River Valley and Manitoba. Tours available. Tel. (204) 586-8385. Location: 135 Anderson Avenue. |
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