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Seven Oaks House and the Inkster family of Red River

A historical plaque at Seven Oaks House Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, photographed in 2017.
A historical plaque at Seven Oaks House Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, photographed in 2017. Seven Oaks Museum 001 · Jessica Losorata · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Seven Oaks House in Winnipeg, in the Métis homeland and on Treaty 1 territory, includes a cabin of about 1831 built in Red River frame style and a Georgian house of 1851–1853. Home to the Scottish and Métis Inkster family, it shows the centrality of Métis families in the Red River community and the shift from the fur trade to farming and town life.

Scope & context

The house and family, not the 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks.

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