Collection search - Reception at Winnipeg. How Mr. Norquay, Premier of Manitoba, raised a mountain in Manitoba

Removed from: Sketchbook: "Canada 1878 North-West 1881"
Fort Garry was established in 1822 as a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading post at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now Winnipeg. Fort Garry served as the centre of fur trade within the Red River Colony. It was renamed Upper Fort Garry in 1835 to differentiate it from "the Lower Fort," or Lower Fort Garry, established in 1831. Upper Fort Garry was central to the administration of the HBC and the surrounding settlement. The Council of Assiniboia, the administrative and judicial body of the Red River Colony met at Upper Fort Garry. The fort was seized by Louis Riel and his Métis followers during the Red River Rebellion (Red River Resistance). Most of the fort was demolished in 1881-1884.

Exhibition title: Western Odyssey 1881. Curators: Michael Bell, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1973.12.15 - 1974.02.15, cat. no.: no. 14. Further venue: Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta; 1974.03 - 1974.05 (?)., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1974.06.15 - 1974.08.15., Further venue: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 1974.08.25 - 1974.09.30., Further venue: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario; 1974.10.15 - 1974.11.15., Further venue: Centennial Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1974.12.15 - 1975.01.30., Further venue: Alberta Provincial Museum and Archives, Edmonton, Alberta; 1975.02.10 - 1975.03.15., Exhibition title: 150 Years of Art in Manitoba. Curators: Ferdinand Eckhart, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 1970.05.01 - 1970.08.31, cat. no.: no. 56.

Inscribed., Inscription: in pencil, recto b.: How M[^r] Norquay (the Premier) raised a mountain in Manitoba. / P.T.O.; in pencil, verso: [artist's sketches and inscriptions not transcribed]