List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Manitoba
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This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada in the province
of Manitoba
. There are 56 National Historic Sites designated in Manitoba, of which 9 are administered by Parks Canada
.
This list uses names designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which may differ from other names for these sites.
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. There are 56 National Historic Sites designated in Manitoba, of which 9 are administered by Parks Canada
Parks Canada
Parks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...
.
This list uses names designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which may differ from other names for these sites.
National Historic Sites
- Battle of Seven Oaks – Conflict between MétisMétis people (Canada)The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...
and Red RiverRed River ColonyThe Red River Colony was a colonization project set up by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1811 on of land granted to him by the Hudson's Bay Company under what is referred to as the Selkirk Concession. The colony along the Red River of the North was never very successful...
settlers, 1816 - BCATP Hangar No. 1 – Excellent, well-preserved example of a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan hangar built during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- Brockinton Indian Site – Late prehistoric site, Blackduck phase
- Canadian Pacific Railway Station (Winnipeg) – Classically inspired railway station, gateway to the West, 1904–05
- Churchill Rocket Research RangeFort Churchill (rocket launch site)Fort Churchill is a rocket launching complex located in Churchill, Manitoba. The site has been used on and off since the mid-1950s for sub-orbital launches of various sounding rockets during several major studies...
– Upper atmosphere research centre - Confederation BuildingConfederation Building (Winnipeg)The Confederation Building is a building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, built by architect J. Wilson Gray. The eleven-storey office building stands forty-one metres tall , and was built in 1913.-External links:*...
– Landmark WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
steel-framed skyscraper, 1912 - DalnavertDalnavertDalnavert is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the restored home of Sir Hugh John Macdonald, former Premier of Manitoba and son of Sir John A. Macdonald. The house is an example of Queen Anne Style architecture, and has been furnished for the late Victoria era...
– Queen Anne Revival home of Hugh John MacdonaldHugh John MacdonaldSir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...
, 1895 - Dominion Exhibition Display Building II – Sole survivor of buildings constructed for Dominion Exhibition, held annually from 1879–1912
- Early Skyscrapers in Winnipeg – Significant grouping of early high-rise buildings
- Exchange DistrictExchange DistrictThe Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Just one block north of Canada's most famous intersection, Portage and Main, the Exchange District comprises approximately twenty city blocks and nearly 150 buildings.- History :The...
– Centre of the grain and wholesale trade, finance and manufacturing between 1880–1900 and also 1900–13 - First Homestead in Western Canada – Site of 1872 homesteadHomesteadingBroadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple self-sufficiency.-Current practice:The term may apply to anyone who follows the back-to-the-land movement by adopting a sustainable, self-sufficient lifestyle. While land is no longer freely available in most areas of the world, homesteading...
, first under new survey system - Former Union Bank Building / Annex – First skyscraperSkyscraperA skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in western Canada; speaks to keynote of finance in expansion of the West, 1903–04 - Fort ChurchillFort ChurchillFort Churchill may refer to:* Fort Churchill , Manitoba* Prince of Wales Fort, Manitoba, also known as Fort Churchill* Fort Churchill, located in Fort Churchill State Historic Park, Nevada...
– Built by Samuel HearneSamuel HearneSamuel Hearne was a an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, actually Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River...
1783, reached by rail in 1929; Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada... - Fort DauphinFort Dauphin (Canada)Fort Dauphin, was built in 1741 near Winnipegosis, Manitoba with Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the western military commander, directing construction. The area provided a post located between the Assiniboine River and the Saskatchewan River...
– One of La Vérendrye's posts, built 1741; North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada... - Fort DouglasFort Douglas (Canada)Fort Douglas was a fort of the Hudson's Bay Company that was built by Scottish and Irish settlers in 1812 in what is today Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was in the immediate vicinity of the North West Company establishment, Fort Gibraltar...
– Site of 1812 headquarters of Red River settlement; North West Company - Fort Dufferin – Newly-formed North-West Mounted Police set out for Alberta in 1874
- Fort Garry HotelFort Garry HotelThe Fort Garry Hotel is a historic hotel in Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and one of Canada's grand railway hotels. Built in 1913 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, it is located one block from the railway's Union Station, and was the tallest structure in the city when it was completed.Like...
– Château style railway hotel built 1911–13 - Fort La ReineFort La ReineFort La Reine was built in 1738, one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the...
– Most important of La Vérendrye's western posts; North West Company - Forts Rouge, Garry, and Gibraltar - Series of five forts at three sites, tracing the history of the fur trade. Designated: 1924 Location: Winnipeg 49.887915, -97.135336 (Ft. Garry) and 49.899332, -97.125717 (Ft. Gibraltar)
- Grey Nuns' Convent – Early Red River frame mission house, erected in 1845–51
- Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchHoly Trinity Anglican ChurchHoly Trinity Anglican Church may refer to:* Holy Trinity Anglican Church * Holy Trinity Anglican Church * Holy Trinity Anglican Church -See also:...
– Fine example of High Victorian Gothic style, 1883–84 - Inglis elevator rowInglis elevator rowInglis elevator row is a row of five grain elevators standing in a row from south to north alongside the former Canadian Pacific Railway track bed, on the southeast edge of the village of Inglis, Manitoba, Canada. Because so many grain elevators have been demolished throughout Western Canada, only...
– Rare row of standard plan country grain elevators typical of "Golden Age" from 1920s to 1940s - Linear Mounds – Aboriginal burial mounds from 1000–1200 AD
- Lower Fort GarryLower Fort GarryLower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, north of the original Fort Garry, which is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Treaty 1 was signed there....
– Major centre in 19th century fur trade. Designated: 1950 Location: Selkirk 50.112140, -96.932073 - Maison Gabrielle-RoyLa Maison Gabrielle RoyLa Maison Gabrielle Roy or The House of Gabrielle Roy is museum in the home of writer Gabrielle Roy. The house is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The objective of the museum is to disseminate the works of Roy and to preserve a piece of heritage for Canadian history.From 1909 to 1937,...
- Home of 20th century author and setting of stories. Designated: 2010 Location: Winnipeg 49.890189, -97.111035 - Manitoba Theatre CentreManitoba Theatre CentreRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre is Canada's oldest English-language regional theatre. Next to the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, MTC has a higher annual attendance than any other theatre in the country...
- Brutalist structure and home to important regional theater. Designated: 2009 Location: Winnipeg 49.898480, -97.136757 - Metropolitan Theatre – First movie "palace" in Canada, 1919
- Miami Railway Station (Canadian Northern) – Early Prairie branch line railway station, 1905
- Miss Davis' School Residence / Twin Oaks – Girls' school, mid 1850s Red River architecture
- Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building – Court house, town hall, jail and theatre, 1884
- Neubergthal Street Village – Distinctive MennoniteMennoniteThe Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
Prairie settlement pattern and house-barn architecture - Norway House – Major 19th century Hudson's Bay Company post
- Pantages Playhouse Theatre – Lavish vaudevilleVaudevilleVaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
theatre, 1913–14 - Portage La Prairie Public Building – Limestone building designed under Thomas FullerThomas FullerThomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death...
, 1895–98 - Prince of Wales FortPrince of Wales FortThe Prince of Wales Fort is a historic fort on Hudson Bay across the Churchill River from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.-History:The European history of this area starts with the discovery of Hudson Bay in 1610. The area was recognized as important in the fur trade and of potential importance for...
– 18th century stone fur trade fort on Hudson BayHudson BayHudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,... - Ralph Connor House - House of 19th century author and church founder, built 1914. Designated: 2009 Location: Winnipeg 49.877341, -97.159256
- Red River FloodwayRed River FloodwayThe Red River Floodway is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada, first used in 1969. It is a long channel which, during flood periods, takes part of the Red River's flow around the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba to the east and discharges it back into the Red River below the dam at...
– Outstanding engineering achievement in flood control - Riding Mountain Park East Gate Registration ComplexRiding Mountain Park East Gate Registration ComplexThe Riding Mountain Park East Gate Registration Complex National Historic Site of Canada, in Manitoba, Canada, is the only surviving gate structure of the three built at the entrances to Riding Mountain National Park...
– Three rustic buildings built under depression relief programs (in Riding Mountain National ParkRiding Mountain National ParkRiding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of...
) - Riel House – Family home of Métis leader Louis RielLouis RielLouis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....
- Roslyn Court Apartments – Fine Queen Anne Revival apartment building, 1909
- Sea Horse Gully Remains – Large DorsetDorset cultureThe Dorset culture was a Paleo-Eskimo culture that preceded the Inuit culture in Arctic North America. It has been defined as having four phases, with distinct technology related to the people's hunting and tool making...
and pre-Dorset site - Souris-Assiniboine Posts – Important fur trade centre, Yellow Quill Trail; North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company
- St. Andrew's Anglican Church – Oldest stone church in western Canada, 1845–49
- St. Andrew's Rectory – Example of mid 19th century Red River architecture, 1852–1854
- St. Andrews Caméré Curtain Bridge Dam – Largest of its type in world, 1907–10
- St. Boniface City Hall – Imposing building by Victor Horwood, built in 1905
- St. Boniface Hospital Nurses' Residence – Nurses' residences were central to the nursing culture
- St. Michael's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church – Typical and oldest Ukrainian churchUkrainian CanadianA Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons residing in Canada of Ukrainian origin, making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest...
, 1899 - The ForksThe Forks, Winnipeg, ManitobaThe Forks is a historic site and meeting place in Downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River. For at least 6000 years, the Forks has been the meeting place for early Aboriginal peoples, and since colonization has also been a meeting place for European fur...
– Historic meeting place, junction of the Red and AssiniboineAssiniboine RiverThe Assiniboine River is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley in some places and a steep valley in...
rivers - Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception – One of the most ambitious and accomplished buildings by Reverend Philip RuhPhilip RuhThe Very Reverend Philip Ruh, O.M.I. was Catholic priest and church architect...
, 1930–52 - Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection – Mature and culminating expression of Ukrainian identity of the Dauphin Block Settlement, 1936–39
- Ukrainian Labour TempleUkrainian Labour TempleThe Ukrainian Labour Temple is a hall and cultural centre in Winnipeg's North End run by the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians. The Labour temple is one of the few left in a once large network of such halls and is one of the largest and oldest of its kind...
- Social and political center of Ukrainian immigrants, hub of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Built: 1918-19 Designated: 2009 Location: Winnipeg 49.917795, -97.148570 - Union Station / Winnipeg Railway Station (Canadian National)Union Station (Winnipeg)Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba.It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway, National Transcontinental, and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway...
– Beaux-Arts railway station, important in western settlement, 1908–11 - Walker Theatre – Playhouse, 1906; site of labour and Women's Movement meetings, 1914
- Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead – Believed to be earliest and best preserved example of Ukrainian pioneer farm
- Winnipeg Law Courts – Monumental symbol of law and order, 1912–16
- York Factory – Hudson's Bay Company's principal fur trade depot from 1684-1870s