In 1857, a young boy named Louis Riel left his home on the prairies bound for Montreal. The bright 13-year-old was chosen by a local bishop, Alexandre-Antonin Taché, as a candidate for the ...

Louis Riel (centre) with his advisors during the ... (Courtesy of the Glenbow Archives/Museum) Schultz and his men prepared to attack Fort Garry. But Riel took the offensive and seized 45 of ...

As a museum, it is home to 30,000 artifacts, many connected to Métis leader Louis Riel, including strands of rope said to have been used in his 1885 hanging and the coffin that carried Riel from ...