Historic Sites of Manitoba: Firsts

This is a list of historic sites in Manitoba that did things first.

Sites	Location	Year	First
Buffalo Point Museum and Government Centre	Buffalo Point First Nation	1997	First Indigenous historical museum in Manitoba
Gainsborough Apartments	508 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1931	Western Canada's first rooftop garden
First Airmail Flight in Manitoba	Lac du Bonnet	1927	First airmail service in Canada authorized by the Canada Post Office
First Grandview Home Monument	Municipality of Grandview	1890	Site of the first pioneer home in the municipality
First Grandview Sod Turning Monument	Municipality of Grandview	1890	Site of the first breaking of sod in the municipality
First Helicopter Monument	Homewood, RM of Dufferin	1930s	First helicopter flown in Canada
First Homestead in Western Canada	RM of Portage la Prairie	1872	Homestead of John Sutherland Sanderson, first registered in western Canada
First Icelandic Birth in Western Canada	RM of Gimli	1875	Birthplace of Jon Olafur Johannson, first child of Icelandic descent born in western Canada
First Masonic Lodge Plaque	191 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg	1864	Site of first Masonic Lodge in the Red River Settlement
First Railway in Western Canada Plaque	Dominion City, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin	1878	Completion of the Pembina Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway
First Reston School Plaque	Reston, RM of Pipestone	1893	First school in the new community of Reston
First School in Winnipeg	39 Maple Street, Winnipeg	1871	First public schoolhouse in Winnipeg
W. D. Halliday - First Homesteader	RM of Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba’s First Explorers	Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton	11,000 years ago	Aboriginal people who entered the region from the south

See also:

MHS Features: Manitoba Time Line

Memorable Manitobans: Firsts

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 May 2022

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