![]() James Street and west boundary of Parish of St. Wards increased to six in number.Ĭity limits extended north to Kitchener Avenue and lane north of Luxton Avenue south of Wilkes Avenue, Waverley Street, lane south of Parker Avenue to Red River and west to Keewatin Street, St. Ward One, being the district known as Fort Rouge, taken into the City. Paul, Minnesota.įirst telephone brought to Winnipeg by Mr. 1, Countess of Dufferrin.įirst Railway service to Winnipeg from St. Exported by Higgins & Young, Winnipeg consigned to Steele Bros., Toronto.Īrrival in Winnipeg of C. October 12 - First shipment of wheat exported from the Province of Manitoba (857 1/6 bushels at 85 cents per bushel). September 16 - First Civic Holiday observed.Ĭity Limits extended to Aberdeen Avenue between Main Street and McPhillips Street.Ĭornerstone laying ceremony for the first City Hall ![]() First meeting of City of Winnipeg's Council held on the second floor of Bentley's new building at north-west corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street. November 8 - Winnipeg incorporated four wards with three aldermen for each ward.Ĭity Limits - Bounded on north by Burrows Avenue west of Main Street, and Aberdeen Avenue east of Main Street on south by Assiniboine River on east by Red River and on the west by Maryland Street, Notre Dame Avenue and McPhillips Street. 1 was entered into at Lower Fort Garry between the Crown and seven Anishinaabe (Ojibway) and Ininiwak (Cree) First Nations: the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Sagkeeng First Nation, Long Plain First Nation, Peguis First Nation, Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, Sandy Bay First Nation, and Swan Lake First Nation. Province of Manitoba formed and became the fifth province in the Dominion of Canada.Īugust 3 – After eight days of negotiation, Treaty No. ![]() Military expedition from Eastern Canada led by Colonel Garnet Wolseley reaches Fort Garry. Thomas Scott found guilty of treason by Provisional Government and executed by firing squad. Provisional Government formed in Red River Colony under the leadership of Louis Riel. William Ross appointed Postmaster.įirst steamboat navigating the upper Red River reached Fort Garry.Īttempt to transfer land from Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada without Métis consultation is interrupted by Red River Resistance. John's College founded, oldest seat of learning in Western Canada.įort Garry (formerly Fort Gibraltar) erected.įebruary 28 - First post office in Western Canada opened. June 19 - Battle of Seven Oaks, or the Victory of Frog Plain takes place. Lord Selkirk's Colonists reached the banks of the Red River where Winnipeg now stands. Thus the greater portion of the Dominion of Canada came into possession of the Hudson's Bay Company and so remained until 1869, when the company relinquished its territorial rights to the Dominion of Canada.įur trading post of Fort Rouge established. This charter deeded to the Hudson's Bay Company "all that territory draining into the rivers flowing into Hudson's Bay". May 2 - Charter granted by King Charles II to "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" (Hudson's Bay Company).
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