Bailey Block Cornerstone Unveiling At Portage La Prairie's Fort la Reine Museum
Bill Bailey, the grandson of T.T. Bailey, unveiling a display of the building constructed in 1901 at the corner of Saskatchewan Avenue and Tupper Street.
It was called the Bailey Block, and was destroyed by fire in 1993.
Joining in the unveiling in Fort la Reine Museum Director John Bjore.
MINI SERIES FINALLY - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Bonus - The Museum & Grounds)
MINI SERIES FINALLY - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Bonus - The Museum & Grounds)
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Hello my peeps!
I traveled to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to check out the Fort La Reine Museum and Pioneer Village. Going through the village takes you back in time to a more simple way of life. I created a four part mini series, with a bonus video, on this Canadian Heritage Site.
Part#1 - The Fort and Bunk House
Part#2 - The Church and Barn
Part#3 - The Homesteads
Part#4 - The Pioneer Village
Bonus - The Museum and Grounds
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Info on the Fort from Wikipedia...
Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River.
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the starting point for an exploration of the upper Missouri River as far as the Yellowstone River. One old source says that the fort was burnt to the ground by the Assiniboines after the French had left it in 1752.
Fort La Reine is near the portage from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba. The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine. Morton thinks the site was about 21 miles east of Portage la Prairie and two miles southeast of Poplar Point. He thinks the fort was moved west to Portage la Prairie the following summer. In 1738 Fort Rouge (fortification) was built at the present site of Winnipeg. Fort La Reine was the base for the elder Verendrye's journey to the Mandans in North Dakota (October 1738 to January 1739). In 1742-43 it was the base for the Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains. It became increasing clear that neither the Assiniboine nor the Missouri was the route to the west and French attention shifted north to the Saskatchewan River.
The first priest to travel this far west arrived at the fort in 1743. He was a Jesuit named Claude-Godefroy Coquart.
Around 1770, when trade was re-established, Adhemar's Fort and Blondishe's Fort were in the area.
The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925
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MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #4 - The Pioneer Village)
MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #4 - The Pioneer Village)
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Hello my peeps!
I traveled to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to check out the Fort La Reine Museum and Pioneer Village. Going through the village takes you back in time to a more simple way of life. I created a four part mini series, with a bonus video, on this Canadian Heritage Site.
Part#1 - The Fort and Bunk House
Part#2 - The Church and Barn
Part#3 - The Homesteads
Part#4 - The Pioneer Village
Bonus - The Museum and Grounds
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Info on the Fort from Wikipedia...
Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River.
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the starting point for an exploration of the upper Missouri River as far as the Yellowstone River. One old source says that the fort was burnt to the ground by the Assiniboines after the French had left it in 1752.
Fort La Reine is near the portage from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba. The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine. Morton thinks the site was about 21 miles east of Portage la Prairie and two miles southeast of Poplar Point. He thinks the fort was moved west to Portage la Prairie the following summer. In 1738 Fort Rouge (fortification) was built at the present site of Winnipeg. Fort La Reine was the base for the elder Verendrye's journey to the Mandans in North Dakota (October 1738 to January 1739). In 1742-43 it was the base for the Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains. It became increasing clear that neither the Assiniboine nor the Missouri was the route to the west and French attention shifted north to the Saskatchewan River.
The first priest to travel this far west arrived at the fort in 1743. He was a Jesuit named Claude-Godefroy Coquart.
Around 1770, when trade was re-established, Adhemar's Fort and Blondishe's Fort were in the area.
The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925
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MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #3 - The Homesteads)
MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #3 - The Homesteads)
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Hello my peeps!
I traveled to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to check out the Fort La Reine Museum and Pioneer Village. Going through the village takes you back in time to a more simple way of life. I created a four part mini series, with a bonus video, on this Canadian Heritage Site.
Part#1 - The Fort and Bunk House
Part#2 - The Church and Barn
Part#3 - The Homesteads
Part#4 - The Pioneer Village
Bonus - The Grounds & Museum
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Info on the Fort from Wikipedia...
Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River.
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the starting point for an exploration of the upper Missouri River as far as the Yellowstone River. One old source says that the fort was burnt to the ground by the Assiniboines after the French had left it in 1752.
Fort La Reine is near the portage from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba. The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine. Morton thinks the site was about 21 miles east of Portage la Prairie and two miles southeast of Poplar Point. He thinks the fort was moved west to Portage la Prairie the following summer. In 1738 Fort Rouge (fortification) was built at the present site of Winnipeg. Fort La Reine was the base for the elder Verendrye's journey to the Mandans in North Dakota (October 1738 to January 1739). In 1742-43 it was the base for the Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains. It became increasing clear that neither the Assiniboine nor the Missouri was the route to the west and French attention shifted north to the Saskatchewan River.
The first priest to travel this far west arrived at the fort in 1743. He was a Jesuit named Claude-Godefroy Coquart.
Around 1770, when trade was re-established, Adhemar's Fort and Blondishe's Fort were in the area.
The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925
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MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #2 - The Church and Barn)
MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #2 - The Church and Barn)
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Hello my peeps!
I traveled to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to check out the Fort La Reine Museum and Pioneer Village. Going through the village takes you back in time to a more simple way of life. I created a four part mini series, with a bonus video, on this Canadian Heritage Site.
Part#1 - The Fort and Bunk House
Part#2 - The Church and Barn
Part#3 - The Homesteads
Part#4 - The Pioneer Village
Bonus - The Grounds & Museum
Give this a THUMPS UP and Share! If you are new here, please subscribe!
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Info on the Fort from Wikipedia...
Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River.
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the starting point for an exploration of the upper Missouri River as far as the Yellowstone River. One old source says that the fort was burnt to the ground by the Assiniboines after the French had left it in 1752.
Fort La Reine is near the portage from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba. The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine. Morton thinks the site was about 21 miles east of Portage la Prairie and two miles southeast of Poplar Point. He thinks the fort was moved west to Portage la Prairie the following summer. In 1738 Fort Rouge (fortification) was built at the present site of Winnipeg. Fort La Reine was the base for the elder Verendrye's journey to the Mandans in North Dakota (October 1738 to January 1739). In 1742-43 it was the base for the Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains. It became increasing clear that neither the Assiniboine nor the Missouri was the route to the west and French attention shifted north to the Saskatchewan River.
The first priest to travel this far west arrived at the fort in 1743. He was a Jesuit named Claude-Godefroy Coquart.
Around 1770, when trade was re-established, Adhemar's Fort and Blondishe's Fort were in the area.
The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925
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Fort la Reine Museum | 2015 Season Preview
The Fort la Reine Museum launches its 2015 SEASON as we celebrate the heritage of the Canadian Prairies, and the history and City of Portage la Prairie MB. Experience real history on our engaging TOURS, PROGRAMMING & EVENTS as you travel back in time through the fur trade era, early settlers homes, and the beginnings of Canada’s National Railway.
Engage in the story of the first successful crossing of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic by Roald Amundsen - on exhibition for 2015, “COLD RECALL, Reflections of a Polar Explorer”.
Immerse yourself in this great explorers visual account of his experience of living in the Arctic with the Inuit. Rarely before seen photographs from Amundsen’s own private hand coloured lantern slide collection offer the viewer a rare window into the cultural history and traditions of the Inuit people a century ago. Roald Amundsen remains to this day a symbol of Norwegian leadership and exploration as well as a reminder in our common interest in Canada’s North.
WHAT’S ON…
May 30 Cold Recall - Exhibit Opening 1PM
June 11 Vega Concert “The Chisolm Trio” 7:30PM
June 21 National Aboriginal Day “Spirit of the Prairie” 10 AM-6 PM
July 1 Canada Day Celebrations
July 4 “Supernatural Site Tour” 7-11PM
July 9 Vega Concert “Bluegrass” “7:30 PM
July 18 Heritage Day LIVE #DIY 10AM- 6PM
Aug. 4,6,11,13,18,20,25,27 #DIY Drop in Crafternoons (Tues & Thurs)1-3:30 PM
August 13 Vega Concert “Paul & Susan Hammer” 7:30 PM
Sept.12 “Supernatural Site Tour” 7-11PM
Sept.18 & 19 Mystery at the Museum - *Tkt Event 6-10PM
September 26 CARPE NOCTEM “Seize the night”, Museum Late night 6PM - 2AM
Oct.3 Supernatural Sites Tour 7-11PM
Oct.24 Ghost Walk 6-10PM
November 21 “Home for the Holidays, “A Pioneer Christmas”
December 5 “A Dicken’s Christmas” 11AM- 4PM
February 6 Winterville Festival 11AM - 4PM
To learn more:
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Fort la Reine Museum | 2017 Season Trailer
The Fort la Reine Museum unveils it's 2017 season with this promotional reel.
Visit our website for more info on the season, book tours and more:
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Video edited and produced by Miranda Moroz, Media Programmer, Fort la Reine Museum
Fort la Reine Museum | National Aboriginal Day
On June 21st, many people joined us as we celebrated Canada and the unique heritage of our Nation's Aboriginal Peoples. Traditional Music, Drumming & Dance; Our guests walked through history with spirits of the past; Handcrafted activities; Heritage Games; and Bannock in the Fort.
For more up and coming events like this one, refer to our facebook page and website:
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Cinematography by: Jeremy Morantz
Edited By: Miranda Moroz
Helen White at Island Park Portage la Prairie - August 7, 2014
Concerts on Island Park Portage la Prairie Helen White August 7, 2014
Days Inn Portage La Prairie - Portage La Prairie Hotels, Canada
Days Inn Portage La Prairie 2 Stars hotel in Portage La Prairie, Canada Within US Travel Directory Located 2 kilometres from Mayfair Farms, this Portage La Prairie hotel offers on-site dining and an indoor pool and hot tub. A gym is available. All rooms include free Wi-Fi and a continental breakfast.A flat-screen TV with satellite is featured in all rooms at Days Inn Portage La Prairie. Each comfortably furnished room includes tea and coffee-making facilities. A fridge is provided.All day dining is offered at Portage La Prairie Days Inn. Traditional American fare including steak and hamburgers is offered.
An extensive cocktail menu is offered at the on-site bar.
Delta Beach is 29 kilometres from this hotel.
Fort la Reine Museum is 10 minutes’ drive away.
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Fort la Reine Heritage Days at the FLA Museum
There was a lot for families to do over the weekend at Fort La Reine Museum. Heritage days runs Saturday and Sunday at the museum and the cool weather didn't seem to keep people away from the festivities.
Tickets are $5.000 and $20.00 for the whole family. All funds go to future projects for improvements to the museum.
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MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #1 - The Fort and Bunk House)
MINI SERIES - Fort La Reine, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (Part #1 - The Fort and Bunk House)
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Hello my peeps!
I traveled to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba to check out the Fort La Reine Museum and Pioneer Village. Going through the village takes you back in time to a more simple way of life. I created a four part mini series, with a bonus video, on this Canadian Heritage Site.
Part#1 - The Fort and Bunk House
Part#2 - The Church and Barn
Part#3 - The Homesteads
Part#4 - The Pioneer Village
Bonus - The Grounds & Museum
Give this a THUMPS UP and Share! If you are new here, please subscribe!
Until I see you again...
Cheers,
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Info on the Fort from Wikipedia...
Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River.
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the starting point for an exploration of the upper Missouri River as far as the Yellowstone River. One old source says that the fort was burnt to the ground by the Assiniboines after the French had left it in 1752.
Fort La Reine is near the portage from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba. The elder Verendrye left Fort Maurepas at the mouth of the Red River in September 1738, ascended that river to the present site of Winnipeg, ascended the Assiniboine and on October 3 chose a site for Fort La Reine. Morton thinks the site was about 21 miles east of Portage la Prairie and two miles southeast of Poplar Point. He thinks the fort was moved west to Portage la Prairie the following summer. In 1738 Fort Rouge (fortification) was built at the present site of Winnipeg. Fort La Reine was the base for the elder Verendrye's journey to the Mandans in North Dakota (October 1738 to January 1739). In 1742-43 it was the base for the Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains. It became increasing clear that neither the Assiniboine nor the Missouri was the route to the west and French attention shifted north to the Saskatchewan River.
The first priest to travel this far west arrived at the fort in 1743. He was a Jesuit named Claude-Godefroy Coquart.
Around 1770, when trade was re-established, Adhemar's Fort and Blondishe's Fort were in the area.
The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925
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Unveiling of the Canada 150 Mural - Portage la Prairie, MB - Sept. 29/17
Reported by Mike Blume
Vintage car cruises into Portage la Prairie
A piece of automotive history made a pit stop at the Fort la Reine Museum in Portage la Prairie. The MacLean family showed off their 1905 Orient Buckboard car as part of Culture Day. Eoin Devereux has the details.
150th CANADA DAY @ Portage La Prairie , Manitoba - July 1st , 2017 - Part 1
150th CANADA DAY @ Portage La Prairie , Manitoba - July 1st , 2017
LOUIS RIEL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND BURIAL SITE AT ST. BONIFACE CATHEDRAL - BASILICA WINNIPEG MB.
SONG - Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was named in honour of Louis Riel.[
It is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge which spans the Red River connecting downtown Winnipeg with St. Boniface, and it is paired with a vehicular bridge, the Provencher Bridge. The bridge includes an architectural composite tower that is prestressed with a cantilevered and stayed semi-circular plaza area at the base of the tower. The plaza provides space for commercial activities and as well as a restaurant
The Esplanade Riel is the only bridge with a restaurant in North America The Esplanade Riel has become a landmark and is used in many promotional materials.
NOTABLE PEOPLE BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL ARE;
Louis Riel, (22 October 1844 -- 16 November 1885)) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies.Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba,Riel was a central figure in the NORTH-WEST REBELLION (b at Red River Settlement [Man] 22 Oct 1844; d at Regina 16 Nov 1885). Riel was educated at St Boniface and studied for the priesthood at the Collège de Montréal. In 1865 he studied law with Rodolphe Laflamme, and he is believed to have worked briefly in Chicago, Ill, and St Paul, Minn, returning to St Boniface in 1868.
Ambroise-Dydime Lépine (18 March 1840 -- 8 June 1923) was a military leader of the Métis under the command of Louis Riel during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870. He was tried and sentenced to death for his role in the rebellion and for the execution of Thomas Scott, but his sentence was commuted by Governor General Lord Dufferin. He is buried in the churchyard of the St. Boniface Cathedral next to Riel.
Following his arrival, the next known explorer was Pierre La Verendrye. He came with a party of more than 50 men in 1732.
On Sept 24, 1738, middle-aged explorer Pierre La Verendrye arrived at the Forks. La Verendrye was born in Three Rivers, Quebec on Nov 17, 1685. The family name was actually Gaultier and they had been land owners in France.
At age 53, he set up Fort Rouge, at the south point of the present site of the Forks, which is thought to have been the first European building in Winnipeg. He also established Fort La Reine on the current site of Portage La Prairie. He chose this location because it was a quick Portage up to Lake Manitoba.
St. Boniface Cathedral-Basilica Parish within the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface since 1818, Mother Church of Western Canada and historical site of Manitoba
The first church on the site was founded by Fr. Norbert Provencher, a priest and future bishop, who ordered its construction in 1818 in the form of a small log chapel. In 1832 Bishop Provencher built the first cathedral but on December 14, 1860, a fire destroyed the first building. In 1862, Bishop Alexandre Antonin Taché rebuilt the cathedral in stone.By 1900, St. Boniface was the fifth largest city in the West and needed a larger cathedral. Local contractors Senecal and Smith were engaged to build a new cathedral to plans by Montreal architect Jean-Omer Marchand.On August 15, 1906, Monsignor Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin dedicated the cathedral, which became one of the most imposing churches in Western Canada.
On July 22, 1968, the 1906 cathedral was damaged in a fire, destroying many features including the rose window. Only the facade, sacristy, and the walls of the old church were saved and stored.
In 1972, a new cathedral, designed by Étienne Gaboury and Denis Lussier, was built behind the 1906 façade.
The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at St Boniface Cathedral
Fort la Reine Museum | Give Peace a Chance
Experience the emotional journey as the photography of Life Magazine's Gerry Deiter takes you back to 1969 when Beatle, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were pioneers for Peace in Canada with the exhibit Give Peace a Chance.
Celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Peace anthem, Give Peace a Chance that was performed by John & Yoko and friends, and recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal June 1, 1969. The exhibition opens June 9th -September 20. - See more at:
Cinematography by: Jeremy Morantz & Miranda Moroz
Edited By: Miranda Moroz
Disclaimer: The audio was purchased by Dan Donahue, with understanding that this track was royalty free; through iTunes to be used for Fort la Reine Museum's radio commercial and advertising. All rights reserved to the original artist.
Antic performs at the Canada Day celebration in Portage la Prairie.
Antic performs at the Canada Day celebration in Portage la Prairie.
Tipi Erected In Honour Of Aboriginal Day
A tipi's been erected at the Fort La Reine Museum in Portage la Prairie in honour of National Aboriginal Day on Sunday, June 21, 2015.
Honeybee Health Foods Portage La Prairie
Honeybee Health Foods Portage La Prairie
1609 Sask Ave W Portage La Prairie, Manitoba