West Region
This community located 100 kilometres south-west of Winnipeg gets its charm from the local residents, with their distinct European accents and old-world hospitality.
Unlike many of Manitoba’s francophone communities that were settled by pioneers from Quebec, it was French and Swiss immigrants who came to live in the La Montagne area in 1891 and gave the town a more European flavour.
You’ll love the warm hospitality of the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes residents and their unique history! Visit the Pioneer and Chanoinesses Museum and the memorials to community pioneers, including a statue of Dom Paul Benoît, the founder of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, and a monument commemorating the noteworthy contributions of the Chanoinesses nuns to local education.
A visit to Manitoba means travelling through Treaty 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 territory and communities signatory to Treaties 6 and 10, the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anish-Ininiwak, Dakota, Dené, Iiniwak, and Nehethowuk and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Its ongoing existence is thanks to these ancestors and their present day relatives who continue to love and care for the land.
