GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS PEOPLEOF THE RED OF THERIVER FUR VALLEY TRADE Selff--DirectedDirected Drive Drive & & Stroll Stroll Tour Tour Welcome to a Routes on the Red self-directed tour of the Red River Valley. These itineraries guide you through the history and the geography of this beautiful and interesting landscape. Several different Routes on the Red, featuring driving, cycling, walking or canoeing/kayaking, lead you on an exploration of four historical and cultural themes: Fur Trading Routes on the Red; Settler Routes on the Red; Natural and First Nations Routes on the Red; and Art and Cultural Routes on the Red. The purpose of this route description is to provide information on a self-guided drive and walk. The walking described includes public lands and trails. While you enjoy yourself, please drive and hike carefully as you are responsible to ensure your own safety and that any activity is within your abilities. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this description is accurate and up to date. However, we are unable to accept responsibility for any inconvenience, loss or injury sustained as a result of anyone relying upon this information. This is a tour that will let you explore the incredibly variety Today’s drive takes you from Winnipeg to Selkirk. There are of galleries and museums that can be found in the northern a number of locations along the way where you can pick up half of Manitoba’s Red River Valley. Along the way you will a lunch and other services. Restaurants can be found in: encounter a variety of cultures and a diversity of crafts that Winnipeg, Dugald, Oakbank, Selkirk and Lockport. will surely inspire you. Take your time, pack a lunch – enjoy all that southern Manitoba has to offer! On today’s trip you will visit the following sites: Cook’s Creek Heritage Museum Wild Rose Pottery Studio Highway 212 and Sapton Road Highway 206, north of Oakbank, Manitoba phone: (204) 444 - 4448 phone: (204) 444-3215 Open daily: 10 am - 6 pm Open most days. except for Wednesdays. admission: adult - $3, senior/youths - $2 Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre 184 Alexander Avenue East, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pine Ridge Hollow phone: (204) 942- 0218 South edge of Birds Hill Provincial Park Open Mon. to Sat: 10 am - 4 pm, and also phone: (204) 777-3881 Sun.: 1 pm - 5 pm in the summer Open 10 am - 9 pm all week except during Jan - March 23 (closed Tues. and Thurs.) Sage Pelican Gallery 6990 Henderson Highway, Lockport, Manitoba Selkirk Community Arts Centre phone: (204) 757- 4504 250 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk, Manitoba Open most days. phone: (204) 482- 4359 Open Tues. to Sat., 11 am to 4 pm The Costume Museum of Canada North/West Junction of Hwy 15 and PR 206 Transcona Historical Museum Dugald, Manitoba 141 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg, Manitoba phone: (204) 853 -2166 phone: (204) 222 - 0423 Open daily: March 26 -- May 7 and Oct. -- Dec., Open June – August: Mon. to Sat. 10 am - 5 pm, Mon. to Fri.: 10 am - 4 pm Feb. – May and Sept. – Dec., Tues. to Fri.: May 10 -- Sept., Mon. to Sat. 10 am - 4:30 pm, 12 noon - 5 pm, Sat. 10 am - 5 pm Sun.: 12 noon - 4:30 pm admission: adult - $5, senior - $4.50, student - $3.50, family - $14.00 2 Beginning of the Galleries and Museums Tour Driving Instructions: Your excursion begins at The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. Before you begin your driving excursion, be sure to take some time to explore the wonderful craft shops in both the Johnston Terminal and The Forks Market buildings. km to next location DIRECTIONS Total km 0.0 From the main parking lot beside the Johnston Terminal and The Forks Market building, 0.0 turn right onto Waterfront Drive. 0.4 Continue straight across Water Avenue and Pioneer Avenue. 0.4 0.6 Continue straight through the roundabout at Bannatyne Avenue. 1.0 0.4 Turn left onto Alexander Avenue. 1.4 Note the Alexander Docks on your right, just as you make this Docks is the Scots Monument, commemorating the lives of turn. This site offers public dock fishing and parking facilities. the Selkirk Settlers of Manitoba. This monument displayed in It is also the launch site of Winnipeg’s famous “Paddlewheel” a sculpture of gold, limestone and stainless steel is situated at riverboats, replicas of the stately boats that traversed these the historic site of the former Fort Douglas - a log fort in which waters during the 1870s. Located adjacent to the Alexander these settlers found refuge. 0.3 Cross Martha Street. 1.7 0.1 Arrive at OSEREDOK – the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre. 1.8 It is the five story brick building on your left. The Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre is an unique ceremonial beads, pioneer tools, Easter eggs, woodcarvings cultural and heritage institution in North America. The art gallery and religious articles. The centre’s archive collection is the comprises a wide compilation of items by Ukrainian and biggest collection of Ukrainian archival material in the World. Ukrainian Canadian artists, including such renowned artists The adjacent gift shop offers a collection of unique Gifts, as Trutovsky, Levotsky, Maydanyk, Stryjek, Gritchenko and from “Pysanky”-Easter Egg kits, original artwork and jewellery Hnidorsky. The museum exhibits thousands of Ukrainian and books. artefacts, including regional costumes, musical instruments, After your visit, continue straight on the road as it curves around the building. 0.1 Turn left onto Pacific Avenue. 1.9 Straight ahead of you, just before you make this turn, is the include the “Orientation”, the “Earth History”, the “Boreal Forest”, Manitoba Museum. This is Manitoba’s largest heritage centre, the “Arctic/Subarctic”, the “Parkland/ Mixed Woods” and the and well worth a visit. Exploring the history of Manitoba and other “Grasslands” galleries. The museum also contains a collection regions of the world, the museum itself features two primary of 2,300,000 human historical artefacts and a specimen sections, the Museum Gallery, and a Planetarium and Science library of over 200,000 plants, animals, rocks and minerals. Centre. The museum gallery offers a selection of eight interpretive The Planetarium is a multi-purpose audiovisual dome theatre, galleries, exploring the human and environmental history of the allowing visitors to explore the mysteries of the universe through province from the Northern Arctic Coast to the Grasslands Region. astronomical presentations. The theatre is also used for other Notable amongst these exhibits are the “Urban Gallery”; a depic- forms of entertainment programming. The museum’s “Touch the tion of urban life in the 1920’s and the “Nonsuch Gallery” a life- Universe” science centre provides guests with the opportunity size replica of the “Nonsuch’, the ship whose voyage in 1668 led to learn about themselves and their world in a fun science to the founding of the Hudson’s Bay company. Other displays related setting. Great for kids! 3 0.1 Turn left onto Lily Street at the stop sign. 2.0 0.3 Turn right onto the Disraeli Freeway at the yield sign. 2.3 1.0 Cross over the Red River. 3.3 0.3 Veer right immediately after the bridge onto Talbot Avenue. 3.6 0.3 Turn right onto Brazier Street. 3.9 0.1 Turn left onto Midwinter Avenue. 4.0 0.1 Turn right to follow the signs to Nairn Avenue. 4.1 0.1 Turn left at lights to stay on Nairn. Do not cross over the Louise Bridge. 4.2 3.3 Cross Lagimodiere Boulevard. 7.5 2.7 Enter Transcona. 10.2 Prior to its amalgamation with the City of Winnipeg, Transcona and, after 1919, the Canadian National Railway. It also was was its own independent town. The development of this com- instrumental in the construction of locomotives and rolling munity, which was established in 1911, as a rail car and steam stock. During the 1960s and 70s, the community’s manufac- locomotive repair centre for the new National Transcontinental- turing base diversified into other areas such as brewing and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The Town of Transcona derived the manufacturing of city buses and farm implements. Today, its name from the National Transcontinental Railway. At the the former city, now a Winnipeg suburb, continues to hold an time of its establishment, Transcona functioned primarily as a important relationship with the Canadian National Railway. train repair centre and railway community for the two railways 2.1 Pass the Transcona Historical Museum on your left, at the intersection with Bond Street. 12.3 This museum celebrates all things related to the history museum, they also have a variety of other collections – of Transcona. This includes a large collection of railway memo- such as: an archaeological exhibit displaying over 3,500 rabilia featuring numerous photographs and items related to artefacts from over 80 archaeological sites across Manitoba; rail freight transportation, repair, shop theory and practice, tools a natural science collection, displaying an exhibit of preserved and equipment. Additionally, there is a display of over 4,000 mammals, fish, amphibians and birds of Manitoba; a collection community based household and domestic artefacts, such as of mothsand butterflies; and an exhibit of the history of tools for food preparation, cloth production and laundering football in Transcona. – which bring to life the day-to-day activities of Transcona households over the past 100 years. Although quite a tiny There is so much to see here it is really worth a visit! 1.1 Continue on your road as it veers to the left after a stop sign. 13.4 0.2 Turn right at stop sign onto Victoria Avenue East.