Place Louis Riel

... his daughter died at 16 and his son in his 20`s. The only item that was actually there in 1886 was a religious picture that Louis Riel`s sister (who became a nun) sent to her mother.  You can even see some of what the daughter wrote but most is ...

... ? Well, the follow-up to that they didn't show was that she probably did a sculpture too. A bizarre, naked 30ft statue of Louis Riel (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Burns) is now housed at the college in St Boniface. Formerly given pride of place at ...

... in the restaurant to visit the french quarter of town which boasts the St. Boniface Cathedral, the oldest building in Winnipeg and Louis Riel grave.  We took the bus over which was only $2.75 and arrived close to the cathedral but along the way we ...

... , so we didn't get there in time.  Instead, we had time to go to our first National Historic Site: Louis Riel House.  This is the place, the home of his brother Joseph Riel, where Louis Riel was laid in state before his funeral.  We had a ...

... there. I also checked out Riel House which is now oddly situated in a fairly affluent subdivision in the southern part of town. Louis Riel did not live here but his family did. After his execution his body laid in state within the house. The house is ...

... !  Next was a quick walk around the St. Boniface Parliament Building and then on to the St. Boniface Cathedral where Louis Riel is buried.  The Cathedral burnt down in the 60s and only the stone face remains.  A modern structure has ...

... did a loop around the forks checking out St. Boniface General Hospital, past some cowboy boots without an owner, the graveyard where Louis Riel is buried, and crossed an old train bridge. Apparently the former train bridge (now a walk way) was built to ...

... the library. There was also a fantastic exhibition on famous Canadians who had influenced the country such as Pierre Trudeau, Louis Riel and James Harkin, the guy who started the national parks movement (thanks James!) and other significant Canadians. We ...

... of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Our driver took us up river to the Legislature Buildings, where he told the story of Louis Riel, a famous Metis (half Aboriginal, half French) leader who was hung as a traitor for leading an 1885 rebellion but ...

... a hundred vehicles from the 1920's & 30's. Of course they're all rusted out now and have trees growing through them. · Louis Riel's influence stretched to this area where he set up a provisional government in an effort to express Native concerns about ...

... friendliness. He told us, in broken French and lots of franglais interjected, all about the cathedral ruins and the grave of Louis Riel. Our self-led personal city tour continued past the partially erected Museum of Human Rights. This will be the first ...

... of art. Walked through the park and then over the pedestrian bridge to St. Boniface and to the St. Boniface Cathedral to see Louis Riel's grave.  The first church on this site was back in 1818.  In 1906 the church was rebuilt and that is ...