Located approximately forty kilometres southeast of Winnipeg on the TransCanada Highway, the town of Richer emerged from two dynamic nations: the French and the Metis. The first settlers were attracted to the area, initially called C\u00f4teau-de-Ch\u00eanes, by the abundance of lumber. The construction of the Dawson Trail, beginning in 1869, attracted even more settlers who came to live alongside the M\u00e9tis who had been in the area since the 1840s.<\/p>\n
In 1901, the town was renamed Thibautville, in honour of the first missionary to work in the area, Fr. Jean-Baptiste Thibault. With the population growth, in 1905, a post office was established and the town’s name was changed to Richer, in honour of a political benefactor, Isa\u00efe Richer. At the beginning of the 1960s the exodus of the populations toward Winnipeg caused a rapid decline in the town\u0092s population. Moreover, in 1995, towns Enfant-J\u00e9sus Church, on the Historic Dawson Trail, saw its doors closed.<\/p>\n
In October 2008, through efforts of community members, the weathered building obtained the status of the municipal heritage site. The town of Richer today offers many amenities to its residents and the many tourists who frequent the area\u0092s many campgrounds and who pass through on their way to the Whiteshell Provincial Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3671,"parent":0,"template":"","regions":[48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions\/4586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/regions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonjourmanitoba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=4586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}