Historic Homes
839 avenue du Couvent
Home to the Victor Champagne, Manaigre, Albert Cormier families, and Wayne Nielson.
Features
Chimney Ridge
In the 1820s, the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company amalgamated. The result was that many of the Métis who had worked for these companies were laid off. Many of them moved to the Saint-Norbert area where they took up farming. There was very little wood for building Read more…
Historic Buildings
Bohemier House
The Bohemier House had been built in 1890 and lived in continuously by members of the Bohemier family. In 1973, a second heritage home in St. Norbert was scheduled to be demolished to make way for an apartment block. The house was examined by the Historic Resources Branch, who recommended Read more…
Historic Buildings
St. Norbert Parish
In 1854, Father Louis LaFleche was assigned to the Mission de la riviere Salle and began to build a church. In 1857, the small mission was elevated to the status of parish and was named “St. Norbert” by Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Tache in honour of the first bishop of St. Boniface Read more…
Historic Buildings
Place Saint-Norbert
At the site of the former orphanage (1905-1948) managed by the Misericordia Sisters, the Saint-Norbert Heritage Group gathered a former butcher shop, a log house, a Red River cart and the La Barrière monument. This monument, which recalls the events of 1869-1870, replaced a simple cross of yesteryear bearing Father Read more…