16
Historical
Roots
In 1939—80 years before Colin Firth played a
stammering King George VI in the Academy-award
winning movie The King's Speech—the real monarch
gave this historic speech, as featured in the movie, in
Winnipeg via radio. He spoke to the Commonwealth's
empire of 300,000,000 people while he sat at a desk
in the library of Government House, which is the
beautiful, historic residence of the Lieutenant Governor
of Manitoba.
Courtesty
Matson
Photo
Service
Winnipeg boasts the most
comprehensive collection of
historical documents of the
Hudson's Bay Company, the
oldest incorporated joint-stock
merchandising company in the
English-speaking world, at the
Archives of Manitoba.
The St. Boniface
Museum—originally built
for the Grey Nuns—is the
oldest building in Winnipeg
and the largest oak log
structure in North America.
