On September 3, 1939, King George VI was in Winnipeg when
he gave a famous address to the Commonwealth's empire of
300 million people. The monarch sat at a desk in the library of
Government House, which is the beautiful, historic residence
of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. 80 years later, Colin
Firth immortalized the stammering King in the Academy
award-winning movie,
The King's Speech.
In the early 1900s Winnipeg doctor and member of the
Manitoba Legislature, Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, hosted
numerous séances inside his Elmwood home in the early
20th century, gaining worldwide interest. Sherlock Holmes
author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attended one of these séances
at Hamilton House and later declared, "Winnipeg stands
very high among the places we have visited for its psychic
possibilities."
Top left image: Behind the scenes on the set of Stand! (Photo: Eric Zachanowich)
Top right image: Saint-Boniface Museum (Photo: Tyler Walsh)
Bottom left image: Government House (Photo: Bill Theunissen)
