Cuthbert Grant Day at Grant’s Old Mill
St James, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
featuring
a visit to Manitoba and Saskatchewan by
Sir James Grant of Grant
Lord Strathspey
33rd Chief of the Clan Grant, Scotland
and
The Manitoba Living History Society
Red River 200 – Celebrating 200 Years of Farming Experience
This year, 2012, marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Selkirk Settlers in Manitoba from Scotland in 1812 and the 200th anniversary of agriculture in Manitoba.
On 7 October 1812, near what is now the Disraeli Bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Miles Macdonell, the Governor of Assiniboia, helped to plant the bushel and a half of wheat that he had brought from Scotland.
This event was the beginning of one of the most important movements in Canadian history and the establishment of the farming system of the Prairie Provinces, with the wealth and opportunities that it offered to hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
The Selkirk Settlers were the first individuals to establish permanent residence along the Red River in what has grown to become the City of Winnipeg.
Their arrival and settlement began the shift in western Canada from a hunter-gathering economy to a farming-based community as the settlers were able to cultivate the land and establish a home base. This made it possible for dense settlement by immigrants from eastern Canada and Europe.
In October 1987, a plaque was erected in Joseph Zuken Heritage Park by the Lord Selkirk Association of Rupertsland. It commemorates the earliest planting in the Selkirk Settlement, established by Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk, on 7 October 1812.
Events and activities will take place throughout the year commemorating the dedication and perseverance by the Selkirk Settlers to cultivate the land and make this location their home.
July 14th is David Mitchell’s birthday
David Mitchell is a very smart and funny fellow.
Mitchell and Webb
July 14th is also known as:
Bastille Day
and National Nude Day
Grants Old Mill, where Sturgeon Creek meets Portage Ave, Winnipeg
Celebrating 200 years of the Red River Selkirk settlement, 1812 to 2012, Winnipeg
The Manitoba Living History Society
Drop spinning
The old spinning wheel
Old fashioned pioneer tools, Manitoba
Grant’s Old Mill, Winnipeg
Grant’s Old Mill, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
horses in the shade
A Red River Cart and Metis flag, Winnipeg
Red River Cart, Manitoba, built by Armand Jerome in Beausejour
THE LORD STRATHSPEY OF THE GRANT CLAN IN SCOTLAND on the left in the Green Pants
Governor Miles MacDonell’s Ceremonial Tent
Pipers piping
Erle Einarsson as a Trading Chief, Manitoba Living History Society
Manitoba Living History Society
A crook knife. A ubiquitous prairie pioneer tool
Pipes and Drums of Manitoba
It was a scorching hot day in Winnipeg. All the old folks were in the shade
Pierre Falcon welcomes visitors to Grant’s Old mill
You could buy the flour from this mill, but now health and safety have prohibited it. Something about small flecks of stone in the bread. The Ogilvie (Ogilvy) name is historically linked to the Grant name in Scotland, and in Manitoba too in this mill!
information about Grant’s Old Mill
Grant’s Old Mill on Sturgeon Creek, Winnipeg
Portrait of a Horse
Armand Jerome, maker of Red River Carts. He rode a horse from Winnipeg to Batoche by trail in 2004
Sir James Grant and a nice young man playing Cuthbert Grant
Hand spun wool by Fran Howard, East St Paul, Manitoba Canada
Hand spun wool by Fran Howard, East St Paul, Manitoba Canada
Ed Douglas, maker of wooden things on his foot treadle lathe
The Normand Chief Metis Dancers
Lord Selkirk’s Flag, 1812
The Family Crest of Lord Selkirk
Inside the Miles MacDonell Marquis
Collapsable writing desk, clay pipe, and old playing cards, 1812
A game of checkers with antler and bone disks
A very old fashioned folding chair, 1812. Easier for the Voyageurs to take in the Canoe
And this is how it looks all folded up
Etchiboy Metis sashes for sale.
http://www.etchiboy.com
Étchiboy is the place for all your Métis sash needs.
Li Méchifs achètent leurs ceintures fléchées icitte!
Canoes going from Grant’s Mill to Caron House, Winnipeg
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