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Special
Events
Welcoming Reception
This
reception will be held Wednesday evening from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am in the
Manitoba “A” ballroom on the 2nd floor. Light snacks and a
cash bar will be provided.
Provincial
Reception
Banquet
A Voyageur banquet will be
held Saturday evening at Fort Gibraltar, 866
St. Joseph Rd (corner of Messager and St. Joseph Streets) in St.
Boniface. Dinner features: cream of wild rice and wild mushroom
soup, baby greens salad with raspberry vinaigrette, roasted bison with
lingonberry sauce, lemon glazed roasted potatoes, grilled asparagus,
roasted spring vegetables and maple pecan tart. After dinner
entertainment will be provided by Bardasse. Bus transportation to
Fort Gibraltar starts at 5:30 pm.
Silent
Auction
A
silent auction will run in the book room from Thursday morning to Saturday
afternoon coffee break. The successful bidders will be declared at
14:40 (2:40 pm). Items must be purchased and picked up by 14:50
(2:50pm). Unclaimed items will pass to next highest bidder.
Raffle
Buy
your tickets at the registration desk for a fantastic assortment of
merchandise. Winners will be announced during the course of the CAA
Annual Business Meeting and must be present to claim the prize.
Walking Tour
David McDowell of the Manitoba Historical Society will
guide a tour of the Exchange District on Saturday from 3:00 pm – 4:30
pm. This National Historic
Site is a 30-block district of commercial buildings that “illustrates
Winnipeg’s transformation between 1878 and 1913 from a modest pioneer settlement
to western Canada’s largest metropolitan centre.” Sign up at the Registration Desk by 12:00 pm Saturday
and bring your walking shoes!
Field Trip
Travel
Down Manitoba’s River Road and Enjoy the Fur Trade
Experience!
Join us for a leisurely tour down Manitoba’s famous
RIVER ROAD Heritage Parkway on Sunday, May 16. We begin at 8:00 a.m.
at the Sheraton Hotel. Just one half hour away, we enter the scenic
River Road Heritage Parkway, renowned for its sweeping views of the Red
River fur trade route and its remarkable history. Along the way we
will visit St. Andrews Church and Rectory National Historic Site, the oldest
stone church in western Canada. Built in 1849, St. Andrew’s continues to be
an active parish to this day.
We continue down River Road to Kenosewun Centre (Cree for “there are many
fishes”) in Lockport, an archaeological site dating back 3000 years.
Carbonized corn was discovered here dating back to the 1400s, making this
the earliest known site of farming on the Canadian Prairies.
We will stop for a scenic lunch at the famous Skinners Restaurant on the
banks of the Red. Known for their foot-long hotdogs and NHL nostalgia
photographs, Skinners is a Manitoba institution.
After lunch, we will visit Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site, one of
the oldest stone fur trading post still intact in North America. Travel
back in time as costumed staff take you on a tour of the original fort,
which has been restored to how it would have appeared in the mid-1800s.
We will arrive back at the Sheraton around 4:00 pm.
The cost will be $20.00 per person, and includes entrance fee
to Lower Fort Garry (does not include lunch at Skinners). A minimum
number of participants is required. Register by Thursday 12:00 pm.
T-shirts
Conference
T-shirts can be purchased at the registration desk for $15.00.
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