There’s a large hill that existed north of Winnipeg. Shortly after Canada’s confederation, in 1867, they used that hill and the local quarry to put an institution up. Jail them baddies starting in 1877.
The indigenous peoples, before the Europeans moved in, used to use this hill for scouting the land, or so I’ve heard. The prairies can be pretty flat and Winnipeg is part of that landscape. Stony Mountain was special. There were snake dens in the hill when they built the jail. Lots of workers feared the snakes, although I believe they weren’t deadly snakes, while they built the foundation of the jail. I heard some of this from the owner of the house we bought who lived here since the 60’s.
Jail History
Yeah! I guess so. We get all of the water from you, too, with the Red River flowing north. It’s dry as hell up here for 2 years, now. Need some more snow fall down in Fargo and Grand Forks!!! Lol. The Red River was terrifyingly low last summer.
I don't think we can help you this year. I was back in Grand Forks over Christmas visiting my family and it was raining. I've never seen a Christmas with no snow.
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u/Jonovision15 Feb 15 '24
There’s a large hill that existed north of Winnipeg. Shortly after Canada’s confederation, in 1867, they used that hill and the local quarry to put an institution up. Jail them baddies starting in 1877.
The indigenous peoples, before the Europeans moved in, used to use this hill for scouting the land, or so I’ve heard. The prairies can be pretty flat and Winnipeg is part of that landscape. Stony Mountain was special. There were snake dens in the hill when they built the jail. Lots of workers feared the snakes, although I believe they weren’t deadly snakes, while they built the foundation of the jail. I heard some of this from the owner of the house we bought who lived here since the 60’s. Jail History