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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.
A dense, turn-of-the-century warehousing and business centre, comprising about 150 buildings; contains a number of architecturally significant buildings illustrating Winnipeg's key role as a gateway to Western Canada between 1880 and 1913 First Homestead in Western Canada [16] 1872 (completed) 1945 Portage la Prairie
The Winnipeg Free Press (or WFP; founded as the Manitoba Free Press) is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as current events in sports, business, and entertainment and various consumer-oriented features, such as homes and automobiles appear on a weekly basis.
On 15 June 1938 Canada Post issued 'Fort Garry Gate, Winnipeg', a 20¢ stamp. [6] Although only the fort's main gate remains today, the name "Fort Garry" lives on through various institutions and businesses. An area or division of Winnipeg running along the Red River south of the original fort is called Fort Garry.
The Fort Garry Hotel—officially the Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre [1] —is an early-20th-century hotel in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, that opened for the first time on December 11, 1913. [2] Built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, it is one of Canada's grand railway hotels and the only surviving remnant from that era in ...
The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1958, [1] and named one of the top 10 National Historic Sites in the country in 2011 by Canada's History magazine. [2] Between May and September, costumed interpreters recreate life at Lower Fort Garry in the early 1850s when Eden Colvile was inland governor of the HBC and in residence at the ...
The Assiniboine Park Pavilion is a landmark building at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2] It is today one of Winnipeg's most familiar landmarks. [3] Among other things, the building houses the Pavilion Gallery Museum, a museum and art gallery that opened in 1998. [1] [2]
In 1921, a single-storey annex was added to the original 10-storey tower to accommodate the Bank's savings department. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) took over the Union Bank in 1925, and operated out of the Union Bank Building until 1992. [6] (The building served as the main branch for the Royal Bank in Winnipeg until 1966.)