TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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This heritage railway station built in 1902 is more than meets the eye.
Experience the pioneer days with three floors full of tributes to the town’s forefathers. Through the station, you will see a general store, medical hall, log cabin, chapel, and many artifacts used by pioneers on their home front.
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Jean Margaret Laurence (born as Jean Margaret Wemys) was one of Canada’s most beloved writers. She is best known for her Manawaka novels — The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), The Fire-dwellers (1969) and The Diviners (1974).
She was born and raised in Neepawa.
Her years in Africa during the 1950s inspired her first novel, This Side Jordan, which was met with critical acclaim.
Neepawa provided the setting for five later novels set in the fictional prairie town of Manawaka.
Laurence received two Governor-General’s awards for fiction and became a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971.
Don’t miss Margaret Laurence’s childhood home.
Laurence lived here in her grandfather’s house, which was built in 1894, from l935 to l944. This historic house allows you to stroll through with an audio tour and learn not just about Laurence’s childhood, but what it was like growing up in the ’30s.
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Where history and culture may be laid to rest but is still alive today.
The riverside cemetery allows visitors to respectfully walk through the town’s history, where many famous Canadians chose to lay. At the cemetery notable Canadians like Margaret Laurence, Lewis Hickman who was the only victim of the Titanic to be buried in Western Canada, the town’s founders, the town’s newspaper founder, and many more peaceful souls.
There are well over 2500 graves covered each summer with flowers, under the perpetual care program. It is said that there are more flower-covered graves at Riverside than in any other graveyard in North America. The cemetery is peaceful and picturesque with many flower beds and plentiful trees.
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Neepawa is the self-proclaimed Lily capital of the world. The first lily festival in Neepawa was held in July of 1996. Â Now there are over 2000 different types of lilies growing in Neepawa.
For more than 18 years, every July Neepawa was the place to meet visitors from around the world coming to attend the festival.
Sadly after 18 years, the Neepawa and area lily festival has come to an end.
What started as a hobby, the growing and hybridizing of lilies over 30 years ago is now a Lily horticulturist’s oasis.
On the landscaped six-acre plot, over 1500 named varieties are grown, spanning all nine divisions of the genus Lilium. Several lilies hybridized by Barrie Strohman have been named and registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in England. Stop by in July to view this hidden flower treasure paradise.
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Constructed in 1884, one year after the incorporation of the Town of Neepawa, it remains one of the oldest surviving buildings in town and one of the oldest courthouses in the prairie provinces.
In 1980, the Government of Canada declared it a national historic site.
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This stone church in Neepawa was constructed in 1892.
For its centenary in 1992, a plaque was erected beside this provincially designated historic site by the Manitoba Heritage Council. A rare early example of a large and exceptional Romanesque Revival church in Manitoba.
The massive building, which is predated by only three other remaining Presbyterian churches in the province, also reflects the early patterns of Scottish settlement in the Neepawa area.
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Built in 1906 and recently restored for its 100th anniversary, the historic Roxy Theatre is one of the best places in the country to enjoy the full theatre experience.
This quaint little theatre still plays today’s newest movies, as well as being a theatre for many events and performing arts. So, stop by with the family to munch on some popcorn and catch a flick in the historic Roxy.
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The cultural hub of Neepawa! This building is host to the town’s many artistic and cultural events, with painting classes, art exhibits, galleries, events and so much being held here.
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