Fraser House In Lower Fort Garry
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Fraser House In Lower Fort Garry
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This house was built in Kildonan (part of north Winnipeg) in the early 1830s by James Fraser, a Scottish farmer, and is one of the last Red River frame buildings left in Canada. It was moved to Lower Fort Garry site in 1970, and represents the Farm Manager's House.
Alexander Lillie was the Company Farm Manager in the late 1850s, responsible for one of the earliest large-scale commercial farm operations in Western Canada. Mr. Lillie lived in a house similar to this with his wife and children.
Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 20 mi (32 km) north of the original Fort Garry, which is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Treaty 1 was signed there.
The first buildings built at the fort in 1830 were the "fur loft", which housed the company store, small warehouse and trader's office, and the "Big House" (residence for the governor of the HBC or other high-ranking officials). Later additions included a warehouse and a men's house. The fort's signature walls were completed in the 1840s, adding an icehouse, powder magazine, bakehouse, and warehouse bastions. These walls were non-military, intended only to make the fort appear more important and impressive to both local traders and visiting HBC officers. Many of the buildings were constructed with limestone, which was easily obtained from nearby. The site also hosts excellent examples of Red River Frame construction (Farm Manager's House) and Half-timbered construction (colombage pierrot�) (Men's House and Big House Annex).
After 1870 the Fort was used as a federal prison and the first training base for the North West Mounted Police. It housed the Motor Country Club from 1913 to 1962 and was given to Canada by the HBC in 1951.
The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1958, and named one of the top 10 National Historic Sites in the country in 2011 by Canada's History magazine.
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July 6th, 2016
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