Me and my family started our summer tour 2009 with Mennonite Heritage Village at Steinbach, Manitoba. Steinbach is about 50 km southeast of Winnipeg. About 13,000 people live in the city. But according to wikipedia it is the fastest growing city in Manitoba. The city was stablished by mennonite settlers from Russia. The windmill in the Mennonite Heritage village is considered as the symbol of the city.Mennonite Heritage village is a 40 acres site which resembles the older mennonite village established in early 19th century in Southern Manitoba.
At beginning of each summer they celebrates spring on the farm along witha a tractor show. That was my first any kind of vehicle show in Canada. I really enjoyed all the old tractors. I'll give another post with the tractor show. In this post I'll focus on the Heritage village only.
The admission fee was CAD$10 for adult. It seembed very reasonable to me.
Leaving the entrance and the main building you will see a general store and other business oriented buildings
The first one is the main building and second one is the main street.
Semlin is a temporary house bulit by the early Mennonite to save themselves from the brutal winter of Manitoba. They didn't get enough time to build wooden home. Half of the structure is laid beneath the earth to keep it less exposed to cold wind.
Now photos of some of the vehicles and farming equipments are presented here:
Photo: Old Fire Vehicle
Photo: Classic Car
Photo: Snow Carts..
Photo: Old Funeral Wagon
http://www.mennoniteheritagevillage.com/
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