Saint Boniface Museum

The Saint Boniface Museum occupies the oldest building in Winnipeg, a large white oak convent built in the 1840s for the Grey Nuns and reputed to be the largest oak-log structure in North America. It interprets the history of the Métis and the French-Canadian community that grew along the Red River. Collections include artifacts connected to Louis Riel and the early Catholic missions of the West. The rambling timber building itself is a rare survival from the fur-trade era of the settlement.