Lower Fort Garry, the main trading fort of The Hudsons Bay Company. This became the headquarters after a flood in 1826 destroyed Upper Fort Garry which was situated at the Forks in Winnipeg, where the Assiniboine River and The Red River meet. Construction began in 1830 and was completed in 1840.
The approach to the fort from the welcome centre, the building in the centre is the blacksmiths shop, on the other side of the fence to the right is the guest cottage
This is The Fraser House and is the only building not original to the sight, brought in from Winnipeg in 1969 it was built in 1830 by James Fraser who was a farm manager for The Hudsons Bay Company. It fitted perfectly on to the foundations of the original house. This is where the farm manager Alexander Lillie lived. 
First Nation Tipi and a birch bark canoe.
Horse shoeing frame outside the Blacksmiths shop.
One of the Bastions, built to look important, this was actually a ice house.
Inside the walls of the fort, this is one of the renovated buildings and is the doctors office.
The warehouse, Ruth standing outside with a couple we had just met from Saskatchewan.
This building is called "The Big House" I took this off google, like an idiot I forgot to take a photo of the most important building in the fort.
The dining room, this is the kids end.
The servants quarters. All the stoves in the house came from Falkirk, Scotland made by Carron, famous for among things the Carronade Gun used by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar and the the red British telephone box. 
Now in the Sales shop from the outside it looks the same as the warehouse.
The Furloft, a Black bear skin and to the right a Grizzly bear skin. Its any wonder there are any wild animals left . Not sure what the hanging skins are.
The Red River.
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