2016 Manitoba Announcement Grand total investment: $6.5M
Backgrounder
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site (NHS)
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site is the place where Treaty No. 1 was made between the Saulteaux (Ojibwa) and Swampy Cree First Nations people and the Crown. As a Hudson's Bay Company post, it was also a focus for industry and transport, as well as a supply and distribution centre for the fur trade of the company's Northern Department. The site was used by the federal government for public purposes in the 1870s, notably as the first training base for the North West Mounted Police.
List of projects:
Project name: Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site - Conservation of Historic Buildings and Grounds
Estimated total: $4.4M
Project description: As part of this project, several different elements of deferred work will be completed as part of Park’s Canada’s conservation efforts for this national treasure. Interior and exterior elements of the historic buildings, as well as the Visitor Centre, will be repaired and upgraded. These upgrades will include such things as repairs to walls and flooring, replacement of roofs, new fencing, and fresh paint in both interior and exterior areas. Overall, the work will be focussed around improving drainage patterns on the landscape, moving water efficiently off and away from buildings, and rehabilitating historic buildings that have been damaged from excessive moisture over time.
Parks Canada Visitor Centre
The Parks Canada Visitor Centre, located in the Churchill Heritage Railway Station (which is an active VIA Rail station), is a place where visitors can learn more about Wapusk National Park and York Factory and Prince of Wales Fort national historic sites, take a tour, sit in on presentations and participate in other Parks Canada programs.
Project name: Wapusk National Park - Conservation of Buildings
Estimated total: $891K
Project description: The Visitor Centre at the Churchill Heritage Railway Station, the Churchill Multi-purpose Building, and the Maintenance Garage will each have deferred work completed on the mechanical and electrical systems and on the building envelope, structural elements and interior areas. The Broad River Cabin will also receive repairs to the building envelope.
York Factory National Historic Site (NHS)
York Factory (1684-1957), situated on the Hayes River, a Canadian Heritage River, and near Hudson Bay, was one of the oldest and most important fur trade establishments of the Hudson’s Bay Company and a large, vibrant community, known as Kihci-wâskâhikan in the Cree language. This isolated post was a vital fur trade hub for more than 250 years and was the gateway to the vast interior for British trade goods, Hudson’s Bay Company employees, settlers and soldiers and home to many First Nations people of western Hudson Bay. Today, York Factory NHS is an adventure travel destination for canoeists and fly-in visitors.
Project name: York Factory National Historic Site - Rehabilitation of Buildings
Estimated total: $1.1M
Project description: The Staff House will see replacement of the tubs, toilets, shower fixtures, carpets, hot water heater and siding. In addition, repairs will be made to the windows and the doors and ceilings will be painted. The uninsulated Archaeologists’ Hut will be replaced with a renovated section of the Staff House to be used instead to allow for occasional short-term winter occupancy. The Library will be decommissioned and safety upgrades will be made to the Powder Magazine. The tool and fuel sheds will be replaced, repairs will be made to the floating dock and boat launch system, and the Depot Building will receive repairs and fresh paint on the exterior.
* Please note that the sum of individual project values may not equal the grand total indicated at the top of this document due to standard rounding errors.
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