West Region
As its name suggests, the village of Bruxelles (French for Belgium’s capital Brussels) was settled by Belgian immigrants in 1892.
It may come as a surprise, but this small town west of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is the birthplace of some important figures in the history of French-speaking Manitoba! They include: Monsignor Antoine Hacault, Archbishop of St. Boniface from 1974 until his death in 2000, internationally renowned architect Étienne Gaboury, and his brother, theologian and philosopher Placide Gaboury.
