Snow Sculptures & Legislative Building

Touring Our Cities Snow Scultpures and the Manitoba Legislative Building

West view



Legislature north view

  Was the intent of saturdays adventures! But it didn't work out the way I had planned! With our milder then usual winter the sculptures did not last too long, most of them are looking worse for wear. Some better pictures that I found on internet can be seen here.
Note the Golden Boy standing above the dome, more information on him below.



Queen Elizabeths
60 years on the throne

 This is an ice sculture in front of the legislative building in the shape of a coin to commemorate Queen Elizabeths Diamond Jubilee, it is kind of hard to see in my picture, but here is a good clear picture of it.  The sculpture was lit up at nite until mid Febuary. 
The Diamond Jubilee Medal was created in honour of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee, to recognize Canadians from all walks of life who have made significant contributions to Canada or whose achievements abroad have brought credit to Canada. A total of 60,000 Diamond Jubilee Medals will be given to Canadians throughout the year.

The inaugural set of 60 medals was presented on the first day of Diamond Jubilee Week (February 6-12) which launches the Diamond Jubilee Year in Canada. This date commemorates Her Majesty The Queen’s accession to the throne on February 6, 1952. This excerpt taken from here.

Golden Boy

The Golden Boy, "Eternal Youth", or Mercury.  Each one of the four corners of the copper dome supporting the Golden Boy has a stonework grouping representing the four elements of alchemy, earth, air, fire and water. They are identified as Agriculture, Science, Industry and Art.[5] The dome is 223 feet 7 inches (68.15 m) above the main floor. The height of the central tower without the Golden Boy is 242 feet (74 m). The statue was first installed in 1919, originally called Eternal Youth, and sculpted by Parisian artist Georges Gardet. The Golden Boy was last regilded and refurbished in 2002, and is illuminated by floodlights. I copied this information from Wikipedia.


At the Legistature Buildings

 These sculptures are made prior to The Festival du Voyageur which is held in mid Febuary of each year.  The art pieces are sculpted by international teams in Voyageur Park in St. Boniface as well as scattered thoughout Winnipeg.  With our less then usual snowfall this year, man made snow was trucked in for the artists to work their magic.
The information and photos about the Festival is on the Voyageur Pages.

There are many activities and much entertainment going on throughout Voyageur days, jigging, fiddling, beard growing contests, pea soup tasting to name a few. Great entertainment to break up, what can be a long winter.

This information on Fort Gibraltar was taken from here.  There is much more interesting information so please visit.



Entrance to Fort Gibraltar

Originally constructed at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in 1809-10, Fort Gibraltar was a North West Company fur trading post. Although not terribly important in terms of the volume of furs that passed through her gates, Fort Gibraltar did play an impressive role in the development of the Red River Settlement and the legendary conflict between the two fur trading empires: the North West and Hudson’s Bay companies. Fort Gibraltar was reconstructed by the Festival du Voyageur in 1978.

These are some of the buildings on the Fort Gibraltar site.  This is all located within Whittier Park in St. Boniface Winnipeg MB.


Club d'escalade de St. Boniface (CESB),
A short distance away is the local climbing clubs ice wall which was quite interesting.  We watched a climber make his way to the top of the 60 foot structure and then make his quick decent.

Ice climbing in Winnipeg

Discover and enjoy your city
Until the next adventure
Jean9

Inwood Manitoba

In the Interlake Region of Manitoba Travel Manitoba

Garter Snakes

S-s-sam and S-s-sara

Click on Sam and Saras link to see the info on them

The following excerpt was taken from the Rural Municipality of Armstrong site, there is more info on the site. 

The Hamlet of Inwood, Manitoba is situated approximately 50 miles northwest of Winnipeg on PTH 17. Many ethnic groups put down their roots in Inwood and the surrounding districts. Ukrainian and Polish settlers to the east; Swedish homesteaders southeast of Inwood; Danish and Norwegian people west and northwest; French southwest and northwest; Icelanders to the west and English, Scotch and Irish south and west.

The expansion of the CPR Railway from Stonewall to Teulon in 1898 and construction of the Colonization road from Teulon to Inwood in 1900 brought the settlers to Inwood and beyond. In 1912 the CNR extended their railway from Grosse Isle to Inwood; making Inwood more accessible to settlers.
Up until about 1912 Inwood was known as Cossette Post Office; named after early settlers. The story goes that the train’s turn around went into the woods. Thus the settlers changed the settlement’s name to Inwood.
Today 200 plus people inhabit Inwood. The Inwood and rural residents are made up of farmers, owners and employees of local businesses, commuters and retirees.

This area is world famous for its snake dens

More information on the red-sided garter snake and their dens

From Wikipedia

Article By Jonathan Crowe

These are the den trails

Have Fun Discovering New Places

Until The Next Adventure

Jean9

Poplarfield Manitoba February 13, 2012

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King Buck
"This sculpture was placed on its pedestal in the year 1991 paying tribute to a magnificent resourceful animal, the White Tailed Deer, that lives and thrives among us all today. It provided sustenance to the pioneers during hard times, then recreational sport for the hunters of today. Therefore, let us strive to protect this animal for future generations. Great community participation, support, and donations from people and businesses near and far have made it possible to erect this monument in all its majesty."


Poplarfield location map
Place name: Poplarfield
Latitude: 50° 53' 36" N
Longitude: 97° 37' 54" W
Feature description: town
Area/state: Manitoba
Population range of place: is under 1000
Country: Canada
Country ISO code: CA

Located in the Interlake Region of Manitoba

Around Poplarfield ...
The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Fisher River 44. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the north of Poplarfield. Fisher River 44 has a population of 1,129 people.<1>
The next largest community is Teulon. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the south of Poplarfield and has a population of 1,124 people.

Visit here for some history of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church In Poplarfield. The information is from waymarking.com. More of the churches history can be found on The Historic Sites Of Manitoba Page .

This is an excerpt from an extensive article on Ukrainian settlers in Canada and the Western Provinces.
Although this Interlake area, between Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg, was heavily forested and had poor stony or swampy land, the settlement increased to several thousands of Ukrainian settlers who were eager to join established settlements regardless of the condition of the land. Thus about 15 communities were established further north near Fisher Branch where the people joined in the building of churches at Chatfield in 1910, Poplarfield in 1913, Rembrandt in 1915-1917, Silver in 1918, Meleb and Sylvan in 1918 and elsewhere.
Read the rest of the article by clicking on the link above.

Have Fun Discovering New Places
Until The Next Adventure
Jean9