You’re Invited to our 2nd Annual Fall Fest

On Friday September 27, the Henteleff Park Board of Directors will be hosting its second annual Fall Fest event at Henteleff Park. This will be a very casual after-dinner get-together from 6:30 – 7:30 at the Interpretive Centre.

Come for music, snacks, tea or coffee and a season-ending celebration.

Hope to see you there!

Rochelle Squires MLA for Riel; Terry Duguid MP for Winnipeg South; Markus Chambers City Councillor St. Norbert-Seine River Ward; Yude Henteleff

TREE PLANTING EVENT A SUCCESS
Henteleff Park Foundation’s annual tree planting event on Saturday, June 15, 2019 was a resounding success!

The rain held off for the 55 community volunteers: families of toddlers to teens and adults of all ages who arrived with tools in hand and a willing spirit.

After a short demonstration from HPF board member, Marilyn Latta, on how to plant a tree to survive in Manitoba’s climate, enthusiastic planters got to work. In less than two hours, 75 trees and shrubs were planted, watered and caged. The new additions include Basswood, Hawthorne, Highbush Cranberry, Manitoba Maple, Oak, Red-osier dogwood, Saskatoon and Silver Buffaloberry.

Canada Summer Jobs staff, Braedon (Lead), Peter, Tessa and Andrew; and Paul Mutch, City of Winnipeg Naturalist Services Branch, assisted the volunteers with the digging, planting and watering. Our summer staff will ensure these new plants are watered and checked regularly to ensure their best chance for surviving Manitoba’s hot, dry summer.

The ongoing support and resources HPF receives from all levels of government and other friends of the park provide the means needed to maintain and preserve the park as a natural place of beauty and serenity for all visitors to enjoy.  Board members, Yude Henteleff, Saul Henteleff, Marilyn Latta, Ian Keenan, Corinne Caron and Bryan Bjerring were on hand assisting and encouraging our valued volunteers.

Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Rochelle Squires, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riel and Markus Chambers, City Councillor, St. Norbert – Seine River Ward, attended and actively participated in the planting process.

Judith Chambers from TD Bank attended this event. Henteleff Park is very appreciative of the financial support we received this year from TD Bank Friends of the Environment for $8970 that will assist with summer staff wages and park maintenance. A huge thank you is extended to the community for your continued support of Henteleff Park!

We hope to see you in the park for the Fall Festival, Friday September 27 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm! For more information on upcoming events, visit us on Facebook or our website at Henteleffpark.org 

Submitted by: Corinne Caron, Board Member

Cooper’s hawks have nested in Henteleff Park for at least the two summers. They are what are referred to as forest hawks. They are fast fliers and fly low through the trees looking for birds and small mammals, rather than soaring high in the sky like many other hawks. They are frequently confused with Sharp-shinned hawks, another forest hawk, as they look fairly similar and often occupy the same habitat. Due to an interesting phenomenon called “reversed sexual size dimorphism” (common in birds of prey), where the female of the species is larger than the male, a female Sharp-shinned can be as large as a male Cooper’s so size is not a reliable diagnostic guide. The best field mark is that Cooper’s hawks have a rounded end to tail when in flight, while the Sharp-shinned tail is straighter across or squared off. This can be somewhat apparent, though not as obvious, when birds are roosting. The immature Cooper’s hawk pictured here was photographed in the middle of August. Although as large as an adult bird, the light-coloured eyes and the vertical striping on the breast identify it as a young bird. Also, adult birds are fairly wary and would not normally tolerate this close approach by a human.

Safe Journey
On Sunday September 15, we went to Henteleff Park to release two male monarchs that we raised from caterpillars. We had the utmost pleasure of meeting Mr. Yude Henteleff who graciously posed for a photo with our monarchs. He was beaming with pride that we had chosen his former homestead as our release site.
Submitted by: Corinne & Neil 

Normand Home
This photo was taken just hours before it was demolished. Yude had originally told me that he thought it might be an old Métis home, but he’s said that it was the original Normand Home, and that he had been there many times as he was growing up. We are currently living in the Enclave and the history of the area is very important to us as it is obviously to the Henteleff family. Thank you for all that you have done to help preserve the heritage of your location.
Submitted by: Don and Pat Knudsen 

It was a great summer at Henteleff Park

Volunteers were also a big part of the efforts. Returning volunteer, Alex Yablonski, was joined by Sheila Pursey and they worked diligently on removing weeds from the prairie restoration. John Barody took on of a variety of jobs, including installing a new door handle on the trailer and varmit-proofing the floor, and managing the installation of a much-needed new roof on the storage shed. Board members Bryan Bjerring, Corinne Caron, Ian Keenan and Yude Henteleff assisted chief organizer Marilyn Latta with the supervision of the summer students. Ian also took care of day-to-day needs such as getting gas and maintaining the whippers, and monitored the blue-bird boxes. President, Saul Henteleff, ensured the staff got their pay cheques on time, put together the new water trailer and promptly dealt with its flat tire problem so that newly-planted trees could be watered in the summer heat. Owen Clune looked after communications and helped to promote the tree planting and the Interpretive Walk led by Marilyn. Volunteer Karen Ilchena, also helped with communications, maintaining the web site and sending out the newsletters. So a big thank-you to everyone who helped!

The goal this year was to increase the number of trees and shrubs planted in the park and the total of 305 surpassed last year’s total of 234. The purchase of the trees was made possible by grants from TD Bank Friends of the Environment Foundation and the City of Winnipeg Land Dedication Reserve Fund and over $5000 was spent on trees. The TD grant was also used to add some staff time allowing for two of the staff to be hired for an additional week in September to work on the bumper crop of burdock infesting the park. Burdock, a biennial plant (two-year lifespan) needs to be cut at the correct time, that is allowing the plant to produce seeds before it is cut. If cut too early in the season, the plant will simply produce more flowers and seeds but they will be closer to the ground and out of view, which makes them very difficult to find and remove. Once plants have started to produce seeds, they have accomplished their goal and will die. The cut burdock is placed in several big piles which are removed by the City’s Parks and Open Spaces Division. Parks also took care of the two rough-cut mowings that were carried out in the park during the summer and Parks Technician Jessica Mutimer dealt with our assorted questions and requests. The City’s Naturalists Services Branch, especially Paul Mutch, was another great resource for the park and provided 40 trees and shrubs for the Volunteer Tree Planting as well as bringing equipment and a water tanker to the event.

So, next time you enjoy a walk through the park you might reflect on the many people involved in making Henteleff Park the great place that it is for both people and wildlife. And yet, we always need and can use more help. Are you interested in volunteering to help with maintenance next year or making a donation that will help us buy pay for some of the costs we incur in running the park, or do you have some great ideas to make the park a better place? We would love to hear from you!
Submitted by: Marilyn Latta, Board Member

Guided Tours

If any group wishes to book a guided tour of the Interpretive Centre and Park, please emai Yude Henteleff at y.henteleff@gmail.com to arrange a convenient time.

Donations Needed

We appreciate all the financial and other assistance provided to HPF by all three levels of Government. But that falls considerably short of what HPF requires to maintain and improve Henteleff Park as set out in its mandate and we need your financial support to do so. That mandate is to maintain and improve itself as a passive park – a place of beauty, quietude and reflection. HPF is a non-profit registered Charity with the Canada Revenue agency and all donors will be provided with a tax-deductible receipt for their donation.

Please make your cheques payable to “Henteleff Park Foundation”
Henteleff Park Foundation
748 Borebank Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3N 1G4