The Henteleff Park Foundation, a CRA registered charity, requests your support for meeting the operating costs of the Interpretive Content Area, being constructed by it, on its site located at the front of the City of Winnipeg Park, 1964 St. Mary’s Rd. Construction commencing Spring 2016.

Your donation will help ensure that the important historical roots being explored at the Area will be available to the public.

Make cheque payable to:

Henteleff Park Foundation
748 Borebank St.
Winnipeg MB, R3N 1G4

Charitable deductible receipt provided for any amount over $20.

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This notice was first published in The Lance, week of November 23rd.

Recent park visitors will have noticed that the City has completed the first of its two annual mowings in the park. Mowing is one way to help combat the proliferation of Canada thistle and other invasive species. But don’t worry, there are still plenty of plants and flowers left for wildlife to make use of.

Our Green Team, comprised of Megan Ferley and Avery Sharpe, has also been mowing using a regular lawn mower and a whipper – a daunting job in a 40 acre park! They are focusing on keeping some of the more recent tree planting areas mowed as well as the area around the park entrance and the prairie restoration. They have also been removing old burdock plants, working of the trails, and planting small trees and shrubs that we have been growing in the nursery in the park for the last two years. Please take a moment to stop and say hello to them the next time you are in the park and let them know how much you appreciate their efforts.

As we only have two staff this year, and there is always more work than they can do, we are looking for volunteers to help maintain the prairie restoration and the wildflower gardens. If you are interested in helping, please contact Marilyn at mjlatta@mymts.net or 204-253-9245. She will be coordinating a work party one morning a week from 8-10 am for people willing to help out in this area. People can come whenever they want during that time. Part of the activities will include a walk through the prairie to see what is blooming that day and some relevant plant trivia. This is a great opportunity to help keep the prairie healthy as well as learn more about native plants. We hope to see you out there!

Reverencing the Earth Famland Legacies

By Donald Sutherland – Prairie Messenger, March 12, 2014

The centuries-old relentless persecution of Jews living in Russia and Europe reached a feverish pitch during the Kiev Pogrom in 1905. Facing certain death, the Henteleff family sought safety in Canada in 1907, eventually settling in 1924 on a 40-acre parcel of land in St. Vital, Man., situated along the Red River …

The Winnipeg Foundation has produced a pamphlet highlighting Henteleff Park. Please click below to download (PDF).

Adrian Zoldy (left) removes a basswood tree from a pot under the direction of a park employee. (Photo by M. Zoldy)

Around 75 individuals got down and dirty recently at Henteleff Park during an annual spring tree planting event. Key organizer and local resident Mark Zoldy said approximately 100 trees were planted at the park, located at 1964 St. Mary’s Rd., on June 15. Refreshments were served, courtesy of Gunn’s Bakery, and the project was supported by the Walmart-Evergreen Green Grant Program, Zoldy said.

The event was sandwiched between an early morning birding hike, led by Nature Manitoba members Gord and Jaye Grieef, when 17 individuals identified 26 species of bird, and the Henteleff Park Foundation’s annual general meeting.

Courtesy of The Lance

Grade 6 students of Niakwa Place School created an excellent video called The History of St. Vital.

Different students interview Yude Henteleff and his story of growing up in St. Vital. He recalls his one classroom school, growing up on his father’s farm (part of which is now Henteleff Park), the 1956 flood, and changes in St. Vital leading up to today.

Henteleff Park Foundation has developed a fully articulated and visionary plan to build a comprehensive interpretive centre at the park. This facility will provide an educational context for the priceless local and environmental heritage of this beautiful and historically significant riverside park.

The planned 1,500-square-foot interpretive centre will replicate the farmhouses that dotted the riverbank a century ago and will feature galleries will explore the four main themes of the park.

We’re very excited about the future of the park and this new facility. Won’t you join us?