Manitoba Legislative Building
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
Manitoba Plaza:
1. Who was the Governor General when the Fountain was opened?
Riel Statue:
2. What foundry was the Riel Bronze cast in?
3. What piece of clothing is Louis Riel wearing around his waist?
John Norquay Plaque:
4. Name one of John Norquay’s achievements as Premier of Manitoba.
Queen Elizabeth II Statue:
5. Who created the statue of Queen Elizabeth II on the ground of Government House?
Golden Boy:
6. What direction does the Golden Boy Face?
Robert Burns Monument:
7. What year was the Burns Club of Manitoba Founded?
Georges Etienne Cartier Monument:
8. What does the inscription on the monument to Georges Etienne Cartier say?
Jon Sigurdsson Monument:
9. Who was known as “Iceland’s Patriot”? What year was he born? What year did he
die?
Queen Victoria Statue:
10. What is Queen Victoria holding in her hands?
11. What is on the back of her throne?
Next of Kin Memorial:
12. What War does this monument commemorate?
13. Which 4 symbols can be found beneath the list of names?
Shevchenko Statue Area:
14. What do all these statues and plaques have in common?
Famous Five Monument:
15. When did women get the right to vote?
16. What are the 5 ladies in this monument collectively known as?
Holocaust Memorial:
17. What year was the Holocaust Memorial dedicated?
18. What were the years of the Holocaust?
Victims of War Monument, Granite Boulder:
19. What is the inscription on the granite boulder behind the Holocaust Monument?
BONUS QUESTIONS ON THE BUILDING:
20. How many columns are in the stone tower on the top of the building?
21. How many statues are at the base of the dome?
22. There are 2 statues flanking each of the staircases on the East and West side of the
building. Read the write-ups for each of the statues and provide the corresponding
name of that individual:
a) I died on the Plains of Abraham.
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b) I attracted settlers from Scotland and Ireland to settlements at The Forks.
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c) I coined the term, “Manitoba – the Keystone Province”.
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d) I explored the central part of North America to within sight of the Rocky
Mountains.
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1. Manitoba Plaza
2. Louis Riel Statue
3. John Norquay Plaque
4. Queen Elizabeth II Statue
5. Robert Burns Monument
6. Georges Etienne Cartier Monument
7. Jon Sigurdsson Statue
7. John Sigurdsson
8. Queen Victoria Statue
9. Next of Kin Monument
10. Shevchenko Statue Area
11. Nellie McClung Monument
12. Holocaust Memorial
13. Victims of War Monument,
Granite Boulder
Manitoba Legislative Building
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
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Hon. Romeo LeBlanc
MST Bronze Ltd. Art Foundry
A Métis Sash
Acceptable answers are: Extension of the Manitoba boundaries negotiated better fiscal terms
with Ottawa or built the railway in defiance of the Canadian Pacific Charter and federal
disallowance.
Leo Mol
The Golden Boy faces north.
1911
“May the new province of Manitoba always speak to the inhabitants of the north west the
language of reason truth and justice,”
Jon Sigurdsson, born 1811, died 1879
Queen Victoria is holding an Orb and Scepter in her hands
On the back of the throne is a Manitoba Coat of Arms and a figure of St. George
This monument commemorates the First World War
Clover, Thistle, English Rose and Maple Leaf
All the statues and plaques in this area represent Ukrainian history
1916
The Famous Five
1990
1933-1945
There is no way to peace, peace is the way
24 in total
4 (12 figures in total)
a) General James Wolfe
b) Lord Selkirk
c) Lord Dufferin
d) La Verendreye