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. […]
Hello to all the valued supporters of Henteleff Park! The 2014-15 Henteleff Park Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 30th at 7:00 PM in the open area at the Waterfront Condos 1960 St Mary’s Road. Please join us to celebrate a very exciting year at Henteleff Park and to hear about the […]
Read the full newsletter – Winter 2015 (PDF) – Our top story … GREAT NEWS! The Henteleff Park Interpretive Area is Becoming a Reality! The Henteleff Park Interpretive Area to be constructed at Henteleff Park between the parking lot and St.Mary`s Rd. is becoming a reality. A Request for a Project Proposal was made to Architectural […]
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 […]
The Winnipeg Foundation has produced a pamphlet highlighting Henteleff Park. Please click below to download (PDF).
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
