St Paul Museum

Two museums in One! Musée Historique de St. Paul Historical Museum: Showcasing the rich history of St. Paul. This area was important to First Nations groups and fur traders. The important Winnipeg Trail from Fort Winnipeg to Fort Edmonton passed through here; Father Lacombe established a Metis settlement on the shore of the local lake in 1896. Peoples’ Museum Society of/de St. Paul & District: uses a variety of displays to illustrate how farming and town life has changed since the first homesteaders settled here. Outside is a variety of farm implements on display. Inside the museum displays illustrate life in the 1940s and 1950s with a school, a store, barbershop, hair dresser and others. In addition, the Ukrainian settler displays demonstrate the iron will these immigrants had to have when coming to Canada to make a new life. And last but not least is the newest addition to our collection - Willingdon CPR station - and the impact railroads made on farming life on the prairies.