Location: Big Rock Camp and Camp Ground
Contact: 1-204-659-5271
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MuseumsArborg & District Multicultural Heritage Village brings awareness of life prior to 1920's in a rural farming village. With three homes, a church, a parish hall and a pole barn a village is underway. Work on an old schoolhouse & caboose continues. The parish hall is actively used all year, as well as the neighbouring campground (seasonal) which is a great place to stay and extend your museum visit.
Heritage and Art joins in Dunnottar at the refurbished Dunnottar Train Station a stop on The WAVE Studio Artists Tour. Come by Dunnottar on July 1st to celebrate Canada’s birthday differently this year with one of the best small town parades you have seen in a very long time. Don't forget to wear your "Red & White" proudly as you celebrate being a Canadian! Facing one another across a park, where railroad tracks once dominated the scenery, the Eriksdale Creamery & Church Museum is housed in the former St. John’s Anglican Church & the Eriksdale Creamery. Visitors are welcomed during the summer season for complete tours of these facilities. Learn how butter was made, the importance of a Creamery to local farmers and view the artifacts at the only creamery museum in Western Canada. Have you ever dined in a museum? At the Hitch 'n Post Ranch you can experience country dining among artifacts used daily by the pioneers settling Canada. Explore and reminisce and see how many of the treasurers you can identify. Inside or out it is sure to provide you with a unique experience! Experience the delicious taste of freshly baked bannock- that you learned how to make. History unfolds before your eyes as the costumed interpreteurs reenact the key parts of the fur trade history and the importance of this time to the opening of the Canadian west during your visit to this 19th century Hudson's Bay Company fort at Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site. Nautical heritage on the prairies may be rare until you visit our Inland Oceans—with Lake Manitoba & Lake Winnipeg & the Red River comes a marine history rich with tales and artifacts seen at the Marine Museum of Manitoba. Six ships proudly call the Selkirk Park home as they rest along side the Red River. From the elegant lounge of the S.S. Keenora to the workhorse that the Joe Simpson was, your visit will enrich your knowledge and pride in what makes Manitoba unique. Icelandic history in Manitoba comes alive at the main site of the New Iceland Heritage Museum (Waterfront Towers on 1st Ave.) An 18 ft. high mural, artifacts, and ever changing displays makes this a place to visit. Icelandic settlers treasured their culture and their literature which clearly shows when you see the many artifacts left behind by early settlers of New Iceland. At the Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre you are presented with the history of Lake Winnipeg and fishing, while at the Gimli Public School,built in 1915 you can creep quietly upstairs and you may see the " Hudafolk"- Gimli's own hidden folk. Learn the story of how they made their way to Canada. Whether by boat, by rail or by foot the pioneers that settled this area are celebrated in the newly restored 1900’s CPR station that has become the Riverton Transportation & Heritage Centre. This Heritage Centre will feature collections from all nationalities that have settled in the area over the years. “Knowing your past lets you plot your future”. At the St. Andrews Heritage Centre take the opportunity to visit your past as you view the collections of farm, household & personal artifacts including belongings from Mabel Davis, the first lady bus driver in Canada. The collections tell the tales of Red River settlers and their lives along this well known river. How did they live and how did they play? "To Preserve the Past for Future Generations"- The Dr. Hunter house along with 8 other buildings filled with Interlake history at the Teulon & District Museum truly follows that mission. You will see medical equipment dating into the 1800's, Dr. Hunter's home restored, schools, c1920's church, shoe shop, doll house, a Ukrainian log house as well as agricultural equipment and much more. You will see the generations of the past making way for the future. The world through the eyes of a child? You may think that a museum filled with dolls and toys is just for kids but you would be wrong! With over 4,000 dolls plus toys lining shelf after shelf at the V. Gross Doll Museum & Gift Shop at Warren, the history of doll making opens before your eyes. From one of a kind hand made doll collections to a massive collection of cabbage patch dolls and everything in between leaves your imagination taking you back to your younger days. |
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