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The Winnipeg Gallery opened on 1 November 2019 dedicated to the story of Winnipeg's development over the past century, integrating Indigenous history with Manitoba's 150 years of immigration. [3] It features a stained-glass logo of Winnipeg, which used to be located at the old "gingerbread" City Hall and has not been seen since the 1960s. [ 20 ]
This is a list of National Historic Sites in Manitoba (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Manitoba).There are 58 National Historic Sites designated in the province, eight of which are administered by Parks Canada.
Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
Manitoba Legislative Building. The current building is the third facility used by Manitoba's legislative assembly. [3] The first was a log structure located at the residence of A.G.B. Bannatyne at Main Street and McDermot Avenue until its destruction by fire in 1873. [5]
The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada in the downtown area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Just one block north of Portage and Main, the Exchange District comprises twenty city blocks and approximately 150 heritage buildings, [1] and it is known for its intact early 20th century collection of warehouses, financial institutions, and early terracotta-clad skyscrapers.
This is a list of historic places in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal.
North Point Douglas is a small neighbourhood located in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. North Point Douglas comprises the northern portion of a peninsula of the Red River. Its boundaries are Main Street (west), Redwood Avenue (north), the Red River (east), and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline (south), which bisects the peninsula.
Elmwood is a primarily working-class residential area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the only part of the historic (i.e., pre-amalgamation) city of Winnipeg located east of the Red River. It includes the areas of Glenelm, which is more affluent and lies west of Henderson Highway, most of Chalmers, Talbot-Grey, and East Elmwood, which was ...