A monument at Fort Dufferin in the Municipality of Emerson-Franklin was erected in 2015 by the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Boundary Trail Heritage Region, and Post Road Heritage Group. It commemorates more than 18,600 European and eastern Canadian immigrants who came to Manitoba aboard Red River steamboats in the period between 1875 and 1879.
Fort Dufferin Immigrants Monument (November 2016)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N49.03002, W97.20219
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Dufferin (Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
Manitoba Organization: Boundary Commission NWMP Trail Association / Boundary Trail Heritage Region
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 November 2019
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