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Imagine
a
place
only
minutes
from
a
busy
downtown
core,
where
you
may
be
reminded
of
the
history
of
the
First
Nations
people,
the
voyageurs,
the
Metis
and
the
French
Canadains
including
legendary,
Jean-Baptiste
Lagimodiere
and
his
wife
Marie-Anne
Gaboury
-
the
first
white
woman
to
settle
in
the
West.
Imagine
a
place
inextricably
linked
to
Lord
Selkirk
and
the
beginnings
of
the
Red
River
Settlement.
A
place
that
serves
as
testament
to
the
difficult
transition
of
the
era
of
the
fur-trade
to
colonization
and
agriculture
as
a
way
of
life.
A
place
which
speaks
of
the
multi-national
mosaic
of
early
Euro-Canadian,
the
des
Muerons
Regiment
and
the
Catholic
Missions.
To
hear
the
echoes
of
this
place
is
to
hear
a
Province
being
born.
A
place
where
the
métis
leader
and
the
Father
of
Manitoba,
Louis
Riel
is
born.
A
site
where
the
Countess
of
Dufferin,
the
first
locomotive
in
Western
Canada
is
first
delivered.
Imagine
a
place
whose
history
has
not
only
helped
to
define
St.
Boniface,
Winnipeg
and
Manitoba,
but
also
Western
Canada.
-
J.P
BRUNET,
Save
Our
Seine
River
Environment
Inc.
(1997)
Historical
Study
Seine
River
Greenway
Study
Study
Themes
"Based
on
the
specific
findings,
a
thematic
history
of
the
Seine
River
Corridor
was
compiled
with
the
following
topics:
-
Aboriginal
Peoples
-
Metis
settlement
and
history
-
Francophone
culture
and
artisans
-
Catholic
missions,
parishes
and
institutions
-
Old
Red
River
Parishes,
river
lots
and
land
concessions
-
Transportation,
industrial
and
economic
development
-
Urban
and
suburban
development
with
a
special
emphasis
on
the
older
neighbourhoods
-
Natural
history
of
the
Seine
River
Corridor"
From
the
FINAL
REPORT,
Seine
River
Corridor
Interpretive
Study,
June
1995
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