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Monday, October 6
lower fort garry and the manitoba museum 8:58 AMLower Fort Garry
Last Saturday, Laura took us, Adriana and Thalia on a 1-hour drive to Lower Fort Garry for a guided tour at this national historic site. Adriana and Thalia are these 2 cheery Mexican girls who'll be going to Calgary with us (coincidentally, their buddy is Judy, who'll be going to SMU with Laura next term, haha)
Lower Fort Garry was built in 1831 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 20 miles north of the original Fort Garry (now Winnipeg). The fort was a significant trading settlement for the European fur traders back then who arrived via the waters; it became an industrial centre by the 1860s, and is now the oldest intact stone fort in North America.
The Red River bank and then trading boat, restored
Farm manager's house, Aboriginals' tipi and Governor's House - the settlement consisted of peoples of all statuses
Inside one of the warehouses and a tipi
The fort itself and its bastions and warehouses
An ancient piano and a copy of its score. I'm reading the Lady's Newspaper - women back then shipped these all the way from Europe just to follow its fashions and trends - ironically though, they took a whole year to reach them and were always outdated by then, haha
Inside the Governor's House, clockwise from top left - The Gentleman's room, Ladies' room, Study rooms
A peek into the warehouse - boxes of tea, barrels of meats, crates of rum, fur lofts and many more
The trader's shop, with real beaver fur hats, textiles and other authentic things
I thought the bottom-left picture's quite cute! As usual I came up with it, haha
The Manitoba Museum
The Manitoba Museum is the largest museum in Winnipeg, and really, the largest heritage centre in the province of Manitoba. Focusing on human and natural heritage, the galleries and collections here explore the history and environment of the province from its northern Arctic coast to its southern prairie grasslands. These included aspects pertaining to Earth History, the Arctic/sub-Arctic climate, the Boreal Forest, Hudson's Bay Company and Manitoba's urbanization, amongst others.
Christine said the attractions I've visited somehow relate more to geographical history and culture; "natural" landscapes, as compared to what seems mostly man-made in Europe. Haha.. to that extent I agree, and I did appreciate learning about Manitoba's heritage and am just amazed how a vast piece of land could be so different from one end to its other. A pity though that my camera died on me, followed by JS's and Laura's! So we didn't take much here.. bleah.
Haha.. that's my SMILE featured through some special-effect eyeglasses, thought it looked creepy yet cool!
Life of the early hunters, animals showcased here are stuffed (i.e. once-real!) Kinda spooky.
The Inukshuk, a symbol of life and rite of passage for the Aboriginal peoples
The full-size replica ship Nonsuch, whose voyage in 1668 led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company, is the museum's showcase piece
Really rare object from abroad leh! Hahaha.
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