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History Museum Attractions In Onanole

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Onanole is a unincorporated hamlet within the Municipality of Harrison Park in Manitoba, Canada. Onanole is located in southwest Manitoba, at the south entrance to Riding Mountain National Park. It sits roughly 105 km due north of the city of Brandon, and 135 km east of the Saskatchewan border. The community was first recognized when a post office opened in 1928, with Neil W. Tracy as postmaster. The name was suggested by Tracy, after the Onanole Hotel in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York, similarly situated on a knoll.
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  • 1. Fort La Reine Museum Portage La Prairie
    Fort La Reine was built in 1738 and is one of the forts of the western expansion directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, first military commander in the west of what is now known as Canada. Located on the Assiniboine River where present day Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, stands, the fort served as a fur trading post. It was also the base of operations for much exploration north and west. From Fort La Reine, explorers made their way to Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan River. Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the youngest La Vérendrye son, led expeditions from Fort La Reine and built the following western installations in what is now Manitoba: Fort Dauphin, Fort Bourbon, and Fort Paskoya. In 1743, the fort was also the startin...
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