Statues of Riel

located at the Parliament buildings in Winnipeg, Manitoba

This is not Louis Riel.

At the front of the Provincial Legislature Building in Winnipeg, you find
this fairly small (almost life size) statue of Queen Victoria.

This is the statue of Louis Riel which is presently located in a prominant position behind the Manitoba Legislature building. Below is a close up of the front of this statue.

This is the front view.

It is a fairly realistic depiction of Riel when he was about 25 years old,
at the time when Manitoba became a province.

to Metis thumb nail gallery.

to Native thumb nail gallery.

to a little Western Canadian history at http://www.alittlehistory.com
                (includes factual stories about the 1885 Northwest Rebellion)

First posted at Geocities: November 1, 1999, then transfered to this file on July 4, 2002.
©2002 Brian M. Brown All rights reserved.   All photographs are marked with almost invisible identifiers.