| The "GATEWAYS TO CANADA" DVD Series |
| WINNIPEG: GATEWAY TO THE WEST (27 MIN) |
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Helicopter views of city
- River towns
- Paddlewheeler trip along the historic Red River
- Lower Fort Garry & the fur trade
- St. Andrew's dam & lock
- York boats
- Red River carts
- Historic graveyards
- Louis Riel & the Red River Rebellion
- The Legislature & Golden Boy
- The Prairie Dog Central steam train
- Winnipeg General Strike
- 19th & 20th century heritage housing
- Historic flood disasters
- Red River Floodway
- The French & Métis Heritage areas and sites
- Portage & Main
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| EDMONTON: WESTERN BOOMTOWN (23 MIN) |
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Fur Trade & Fort. Edmonton
- 1885 Street
- 1905 Street
- Transportation (bridges across the North Saskatchewan River)
- Crossing the West
- Steamboats, stage coaches & steam trains
- Wood and Prairie Bison at Elk Island Park
- The Legislature
- Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village: a sod house, thatched farm house & onion-dome church
- Oil wells & refineries
- Grain elevator & wheat train
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| TORONTO: GATEWAY TO THE URBAN PAST (27 MIN) |
HIGHLIGHTS
- A reconstructed Iroquois village to show how the first inhabitants once lived
- An archeological dig at a First Nations village
- The site of Fort Rouille, a French fur-trading post
- Old Fort York and the War of 1812
- Toronto's oldest buildings
- An archaeological dig on 19th century house where archaeologists show how they uncover secrets of the past
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