Role in Filling an Essential Gap
National Historic Designation in Ste. Anne
The link below to Manitoba Archives includes a 36-minute reportage from the occasion of the unveiling of the cairn commemorating the Dawson Route on August 4, 1940. In 1933 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designated the Dawson Trail as a national historic event. In 1940 the Dawson Road Monument commemorating this distinction was celebrated in Ste. Anne, Manitoba. It honours the “land and water route from Fort William to Red River” and “Canada’s first attempt to provide an all-Canadian Highway linking the east with the prairies. Length 530 miles surveyed 1858; begun 1868; completed 1871.” The site of Ste. Anne was selected for the monument because construction of the Dawson road began there.
Source: Manitoba Historical Society. (1998-2020). Dawson Road Monument (Centrale Ave., Ste. Anne). Manitoba Historic Sites. Retrieved June 21, 2020 from http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/dawsonroad.shtml
Pages from the Programme Souvenir drawn by local artist Noella Gauthier in 1939 for the occasion of the unveiling of the cairn for the Dawson Road in Ste. Anne in 1940. Ms. Gauthier was the grand-daughter of one of the workers on Dawson Road. Photo courtesy: Dawson Trail Museum
CKY Broadcast (1940, August,5). Ste. Anne Manitoba [Audio file: 36 mins]. Item 32. Radio Program “Manitoba Impressions’ with Darcy Coats, announcer…, CKY Radio Broadcasts, schedule A0275, accession GR13706, Archives of Manitoba Retrieved from https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/search.html
“Road of Unity,” from an article about the unveiling of the national commemorative cairn in Ste. Anne for the Dawson Road. The Winnipeg Free Press. Monday August 5, 1940 (P.3). Retrieved from https://newspaperarchive.com/ca/mb/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1940/aug-05-p-3/
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