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Day-tripping A meander


down historic River Road to Lockport


By Renee Conte E


arly evening sun glimmers off water that is, for tonight, utterly devoid of paddlers, motorboats or spring ice jams.


Te autumn foliage colours the river- banks, and shelterbelts partition the first river lots surveyed in the province. Tis 13-kilometre


stretch between


North Kildonan and Lockport was once the site of stately homes belong- ing to chief factors of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the high society of the Red River settlement approximately 150 years ago. Some things haven’t changed much since the era of the fur trade – many well-to-do families continue to reside along the banks of the murky Red. Along River Road there are numerous points of interest. Scott House is one ex- ample. Following the river north, Scott House lies to your left, facing the river. Now a crumbling reflection of period-


St. Andrews Rectory and Anglican Church are still used for worship.


style, Red River construction – high- pitched roof, limestone quarried locally – Scott House once belonged to Hudson’s Bay Company labourer and Orkney- man, William Scott. Parks Canada has since assumed ownership of it.


The historic St. Andrew’s dam at Lockport. After Scott House, stop-worthy sites


come quickly. You pass Twin Oaks (still a privately-owned residence, it once belonged to Matilda Davis, who ran a boarding school devoted to educating young Englishwomen in the ways of


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The Hub


Photo from Pegasus Publications Inc. archives. Photo by Shahnoor Habib Munmun.


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