Guided Tours & Field Trips
With over 25 heritage buildings and 5 acres of prairie terrain, the Fort la Reine Museum is the perfect venue for your next guided tour or field trip! Experience life as a fur trader or explorer with our Beavertails Tour, see what life was like for the early settlers with our Pioneers & Trailblazers Tour, or discover the innovations and inventions of the industrial era with our Building a Nation Tour! Introducing the How it Works Tour, new for the 2023 season! When you book a guided tour at the Museum, you will experience the following:
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45-90 minute guided tour with a costumed interpreter (tour length depends on selected tour type)
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Special insight into building histories
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One hands-on heritage activity *
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Access to grounds for lunch/picnics
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*Heritage Activity Choices:
(for daycares and school groups only)
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Let's Make a Trade (Fur Trading Game)
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Bannock Cooking ($1 extra per participant)
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Rope Making
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Victorian Etiquette Lesson
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Artifact Find Scavenger Hunt
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Teachers, EAs, and Supervisors will receive free admission, to a ratio of 1 adult per 10 children. Non-profit groups from Portage la Prairie will be granted a total discount of 50%, as part of our commitment to our community.
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To book your guided tour or field trip, please contact the Fort la Reine Museum with your preferred date/time, tour variety, and group size. (Contact information at the bottom of the page).
BEAVERTAILS TOUR
Approximate Length: 45-60 minutes
An exploration of the Settlement period through the eyes of European colonists and regional Indigenous communities. Themes and historic events examined include the Fur Trade, trapping in the Canadian wilderness, Western Expansion, Settler-Indigenous relationships, and river/in-land transportation (1600s-1700s).
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Temporary Gallery Exhibit
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Trapper’s Cabin
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Fort Complex & Trading Post
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Assiniboine Tipi
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York Boat
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Paul House
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Hourie House (if time allows)
PIONEERS & TRAILBLAZERS TOUR
Approximate Length: 60 - 90 minutes
Journey back in time to the 1800s-1950s and experience prairie settlement and pioneer life. Themes and historic events examined include heritage building architecture, rural commercialization, early agriculture, pioneer town life, and domestic roles in the 19th-20th centuries.
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Temporary Gallery Exhibit
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Pioneer Village
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Paul House
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Hourie House
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Burton House
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Case House
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Douglas Campbell House
BUILDING A NATION TOUR
Approximate Length: 60 - 90 minutes
Discover some of the major developments that helped Canada to become a nation from the late 1800s to WWII. Themes and historic events explored include the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, engineering developments from aircraft to agricultural equipment, and Canada’s role in the military.
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Railcars (Caboose and le Rideau)
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Musketeer Plane
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Southport Military Building
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Mutual Insurance Garage
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Heritage Barn
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Thresherman's Bunkhouse
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Allis Chalmers Building
HOW IT WORKS TOUR
Approximate Length: 60-90 Minutes
Jump back in time on a tactile tour of the Museum's collection! Explore the record player in the Burton House and then learn about early textile production by visiting the loom in the trading post. Tour length and objects included will be left to the guide's discretion based on tour size and as time permits.
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Possible Tour Stops for 2024:
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The Record Player (The Burton House)
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Wool Processing (The Visitor Centre)
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The York Boat and Canoe (Fort Complex)
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Making Rope (The Barn)
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Early Agriculture and the Plow (Museum Garden)
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