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- The earliest buildings in Manitoba recall the province’s fur trade origins and the fledgling little Red River Settlement inaugurated by Lord Selkirk in 1812 that became the basis for subsequent agricultural settlement of Western Canada.
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- Introduction
- Longhouse
- Wigwam
- Plank House
- Sod House
- Early Inuit (Thule) Winter House
- Igloo
- Tupiq
Indigenous architecture across Canada looked and functioned differently depending on the community that created it. The climate, environment and geographic region also factored into Indigenous designs. In the Arctic, for example, the Inuit constructed igloos out of snow to shelter hunters and families, while First Nations on the Plains often used t...
The characteristic dwelling of Iroquoian peoples living in the Eastern Woodlands, such as the Haudenosaunee, Wendat and Neutral, was the longhouse. It was a long and narrow structure that was home to several families related through the female line. Iroquoian villages consisted of a group of longhouses, often surrounded by a wall of poles. Iroquoia...
Wigwams were building types that could generally house one or two families. They were built by Indigenous peoples living in the Eastern Woodlands and in the eastern parts of the Subarcticregion. Wigwams could be disassembled and reassembled for Indigenous peoples who moved a lot for hunting and food gathering purposes. The construction and design o...
One of the most well-known of pieces of Northwest Coast architecture was the plank house. Generally made of large lengths and dimensions of cedar, these houses sheltered families and were also used for ceremonial purposes, such as the potlatch. Some Indigenous nations that made plank houses include the Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth.
Indigenous peoples in southern British Columbia, the Prairies, the Arctic and Labrador commonly built housing with sod — the grass and soil beneath that is held together by the grass’ roots. Settlers also built sod houses in the era of colonization.
The early Inuit (Thule) occupied the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland, around 1000 CE. Their winter house was built partly underground and designed to provide comfort and warmth for prolonged periods of indoor living. The most impressive feature of the early Inuit (Thule) winter house was the roof, which was sometimes made from the bones of whales.
The early Inuit were ancestors to the Inuit, who constructed their own winter dwelling — the igloo. This structure was made of hard snow and, depending on its purpose, could shelter one person or a family. The igloo form may well have been an old one: archaeologists have found snow knives among the Dorsetpeople, the culture which preceded the early...
In the summers, which were warm and a time for active hunting and fishing, the Inuit needed a more mobile house structure. They therefore often lived in a portable simple tent known as a tupiq, sewn from skins of seal, caribouor other animals.
Sources date the coming of the earliest Mennonite villagers to the West Reserve in July 1875, when nearly 1000 immigrants disembarked at the docks of Fort Dufferin, a few miles north of Emerson and West Lynn at the Canada-US border.
Nov 8, 2023 · “Their contents provide a glimpse of what Winnipeg streets and bridges looked like, what kinds of shops and other buildings there were, and what some of the challenges the City faced.” Winnipeg Street Railway on Portage Avenue in front of Merchants Hotel circa 1886.
The Bison Building (first addition 1952, now destroyed) and Elizabeth Dafoe Library (1952, original library building, both Green Blankstein Russell Associates) are characteristic of the changes in post-1945 buildings.
EASTERN EUROPEAN BUILDING TRADITIONS IN MANITOBA First Ukrainian Buildings in Manitoba (1897-1915) The initial shelters built by the settlers who arrived early in the year were of a temporary nature and were typically occupied for only a month while a more substantial structure was built.
For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples lived and thrived on this territory. They developed distinct Nations connected by languages, customs, traditions, laws, and stories. The first peoples of this land built settlements and economies based on hunting, fishing, agriculture, and trade.
