Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques

Red River Settlement

Near this site the Red River settlement was formally proclaimed. On September 4, 1812, with a guard of honour under arms, Miles Macdonell took possession of Assiniboia, the lands granted by the Hudson's Bay Company to the Earl of Selkirk. Macdonell, the first governor, was attended by officers and servants of the North West Company from Fort Gibraltar which lay across the Red River. The Patent and Macdonell's commission were read in French and English.