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 MHM The Path of Time - The Forks - Winnipeg MB Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 49° 53.355 W 097° 07.711
14U E 634427 N 5527996
This Manitoba Historical Marker is near the Path of Time Sculpture at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMFV89
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 12/02/2012
Views: 11
It's about half way between the hotel (Inn at the Forks) and the walking bridge (Esplanade Riel).
Marker Name: The Path of Time
Agency: Canadian Parks Service
Languages: English, French
Location:
halfway between Inn at the Forks and Esplanade Riel
The Forks
Winnipeg
Marker Text:
The Path of Time
Artist Marcel Gosselin
"The Path of Time" celebrates the production of history at The Forks that continues to the present. The tools used to shapes the Prairies - stone axes, scythes, locomotives, steam tractors, computers - are reflected, each in turn, on the limestone centrepiece as the sun crosses the sky. The upper row of images is illuminated bt the summer sun; the lower by the spring and autumn sun.
The Forks has been a place of human endeavour and growth for thousands of years, but the past century has seen the most rapid changes in the character of the site and of Western Canada. Prairie grain farmers played a vital role in building western society and economy.
The first shipment of grain left The Forks in 1883. since then, the determined efforts of these pioneers have made Canada one of the world's major grain producers and exporters.
During the same dynamic period, hundreds of thousands of immigrants arrived in Winnipeg on newly constructed railways. They helped create the fascinating cultural diversity characteristic of Western Canada today.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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