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WINNIPEG St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park features log and frame homes characteristic of this early French- Canadian settlement, a self-guiding trail, guided tours and interpretation. Park open May long weekend to September long weekend. Free admission. location: 40 Turnbull Dr., off Pembina Hwy. p: 204-945-6784 toll free: 1-800-214-6497 Visit the Trappist Monastery Ruins (PHS). This Order came to St. Norbert in 1892 and built a self- sufficient monastery in 1903-1905. It included milking barns, stables, a cheese house, apiary, sawmill and cannery. Fire gutted the vacated church and residential wing in 1983. Open May to September. Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Visit the oldest building in Winnipeg – Le Musée de Saint-Boniface (PHS). Built for the Grey Nuns between 1846 and 1851, it was the first convent and hospital in Western Canada. Learn about Métis and French-Canadian history. Open year-round. Admission charged. location: 494 Ave. Taché p: 204-237-4500 w: www.msbm.mb.ca b At Parc Joseph Royal , learn the history of a wool mill and the Provencher Bridge. Joseph Royal was Speaker of the 1871- 72 Legislature and founder of Le Métis newspaper in 1871. He also wrote the bill to establish the University of Manitoba and served as its first vice chancellor. location: 147 Provencher Blvd. The St. Boniface Cathedral (PHS), the oldest cathedral in Western Canada, was originally built in 1818 and was replaced several times by Etienne Gaboury. Only the façade and part of the walls remain of the 1908 structure, which burned in 1968. The current cathedral was built in 1972 within the ruins of the 1908 site. location: 190 Ave. de la Cathédrale b Saint-Boniface City Hall was the centre of civic government for the City of Saint- Boniface from the hall's construction in 1906 until amalgamation with Winnipeg in 1972. Today, visit the Riel Tourism Bureau and take a guided tour of the quarter. Open year-round. Free admission. location: 219 Provencher Blvd. p: 204-233-8343 toll free: 1-866-808-8338 w: www.tourismeriel.com b The birthplace of the Anglican Church in Western Canada, St. John's Cathedral (PHS), was established in 1820 by John West, but this is the fourth church built on this site. See monuments remembering the early settlers and pioneers. Tours available. location: 135 Anderson Ave. p: 204-586-8385 See St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church and attend a service held in Ukrainian and English. A contemporary adaptation of traditional Byzantine- Ukrainian architecture, this church has brilliant stained-glass windows and a large mosaic of Christ on the façade. location: 737 Bannerman Ave. p: 204-582-6695 w: www.stnicholaschurch.ca b St. Norbert was an 1822 Métis settlement with strong ties to the events of the Red River Resistance of 1869-70. See the Riel-Ritchot monument near the church dedicated to the two men most responsible for the success of the resistance that led to the founding of Manitoba, Louis Riel and Father Noël-Joseph Ritchot. La Chapelle de Notre Dame-du- Bon-Secours (PHS) is one of the few remaining open air chapels in Manitoba. It was built by Father Ritchot and his parishioners in 1875. Visit Winnipeg's number one tourist destination and find plenty to do, see, taste and experience: 200+ events, a fresh food market, heritage attractions, open greenspaces, a children's museum, skateboard park, boutique hotel, theatre, over 70 shops, skating trails and more. See you at The Forks. location: 1 km/.6 mi west of Pembina Hwy. on rue des Ruines du Monastère off rue des Trappistes St. Paul's Anglican Church was built in 1825 and once known as Middlechurch because it was located between St. John's and St. Andrew's churches. It was consecrated as St. Paul's in 1853. location: 1 km/.6 mi off Main St. on Balderstone Rd. 29 Info Hotline 957-7618 • Toll Free 1-888-942-6302 www.theforks.com