Red River Settlement

Red River Settlement is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · La Vérendrye Park, Taché Avenue, St. Boniface, Winnipeg · location approximate

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Near this site the Red River settlement was formally proclaimed. On September 4, 1812, with a guard of honour under arms, Miles Macdonell took possession of Assiniboia, the lands granted by the Hudson's Bay Company to the Earl of Selkirk. Macdonell, the first governor, was attended by officers and servants of the North West Company from Fort Gibraltar which lay across the Red River. The Patent and Macdonell's commission were read in French and English.

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Tout près d'ici fut officiellement reconnue la Colonie de la Rivière-Rouge. Le 4 septembre 1812, Miles Macdonell, accompagné d'une garde d'honneur venue du Fort Gibraltar situé de l'autre cote de la rivière Rouge, prit possession officielle d'Assiniboia, terres concédées au Comte de Selkirk par la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. On fit lecture en français et en anglais des lettres patentes et de la commission de Macdonell.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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