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, Church, that the Metis elected the Comite national The Forks (12,13,14) des Metis with Louis Riel as secretary. As their first ( act, the Comite sanctioned the erection of a barrier At Winnipeg's most popular site, one can experience across the Pembina Trail to keep out unwanted DowntownArea the City's past as well as its present. A federal plaque emissaries of the Canadian Government. Near the Enlargement at The Forks National Historic Site (12) describes the present church stands the Riel-Ritchot Monument events which created the "postage-stamp province" (5). The rear of the monument provides a summary called "Manitoba". A short walk west along the River of the events that took place at St. Norbert. Across Walk provides access to Bonnycastle Park (13), the street from the church is LaChapelle de Notre located on the former site of Upper Fort Garry. It was Dame-du-Bon-Secours (6), built by Ritchot and his occupied by Riel's followers on November 2, 1869, parishioners in 1875 to thank the Virgin Mary for and thereafter served as the administrative centre for her divine assistance in 1869. the Provisional Government. Riel's men quietly vacated the post on August 24, 1870, a few hours In 1906, to commemorate the raising of the barrier or before the arrival of a Canadian military force led by "La Barriere", L'Union Nationale Metisse de Colonel Garnet Wolseley. The significance of the St-Joseph erected a stone cross near the site of the Wolseley Expedition is depicted in a provincial original barrier by the La Salle River. Today this plaque here, as well as in interpretive panels at Fort monument can be seen at Place Saint-Norbert (7). Garry Gate Park (14), located one block north on Fort Across the La Salle River from St. Norbert, at Street. This park contains the remnants of Upper Fort St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park (8), two Garry, where opponents of the Provisional Government commemorative plaques interpret the significance of were imprisoned. It was here, on March 4, 1870, in one St. Norbert and of "La Barriere". As well, the heritage of the most controversial acts of the houses there represent the different phases of Resistance, that the Provisional St. Norbert's history. Government executed one of its most vocal opponents, Thomas Don Smith Park (9) Scott. A provincial plaque explains Ambroise Lepine's Southwest of this site, on October 11, 1869, Riel's men role in the Resistance. forced surveyors to halt their work until negotiations with Canada were completed. A provincial plaque interprets this event. John Christian Schultz, leader of ,Legislative Building Grounds (10,11) the Canadian Party, who opposed the actions of the Metis in 1869. At the corner of Kennedy Street and Broadway, a bust Sites Courtesy of P.A.M.
of Sir George-Etienne Cartier (10), a Father of Pare Confederation, honours his role in guiding the 1. St. Boniface Museum, 494 av de Tache, St. Boniface I Manitoba Bill through the Canadian Parliament in 2. College universitaire de Saint-Boniface, 200 av de la Cathedrale, Nol!quay Community Centre (15) 1870. On the riverbank south St. Boniface I . ">t 1\nnifilc<' C"iltlwdr
11. Assiniboine Riverbank Park, Legislative Building Grounds ,..Mus~um of Man and Nature (16) 12. The Forks National Historic Site, northeast of the Children's Museum, ··- .... Father Noel-Joseph The Forks A visit to Manitoba's finest museum will increase Ritchot, whose tenacity as 13. Bonnycastle Park, Assiniboine Ave. at Main St. your understanding of the history of the Red River a negotiator led to the 14. Fort Garry Gate Park, entrance south of Broadway off Fort St. Settlement and the events of 1869-70. passage of the Manitoba 15. Norquay Community Centre, 65 Granville St., off Euclid Ave. 16. Museum of Man and Nature, 190 Rupert Ave. and Main St. Act. Courtesy of P.A.M.