Dozens of students from local schools visited the Fort Assiniboine Museum from June 6-9 as part of a Pioneer Days event, which served as a preamble to the hamlet's bicentennial celebration that will be taking place in July.
As part of the event, a group of volunteers took the students through a series of demonstrations meant to illustrate what life would have been like for the pioneers and fur traders who would have settled in the area nearly two centuries ago. Activities included washing clothes by hand, rope-making, carding and gold-panning.
There was also a presentation by two Indigenous volunteers, Robin Berard and Nels Paul, on First Nations life.
Different schools took in the demonstrations on different days; for instance, students at Fort Assiniboine School visited the museum on June 6, while Neerlandia Public Christian School students travelled to the museum on June 7.
For more information on the bicentennial, watch upcoming editions of the Town & Country This Week.
