Just across the bridge from the old St. Boniface Cathedral and the St. Boniface Museum is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The forks National Historic Site is also near to these structures as is the Forks Market. There is a lot of do within a few kilometers in this part of Winnipeg.

The Grey Nuns Convent is the oldest structure in Winnipeg. Four nuns came in 1844 to do their social work for the young community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GshML7tnkBI&feature=share Great video on the history of the the Grey Nuns and the Metis and what the artifacts are held in this museum.

Next to the Cathedral on Tache Street in Winnipg is the oldest building in Winnipeg, the Old Grey Nun's convent. Now the St. Boniface Museum it holds artifacts related to the Grey Nuns that came to minister to the sick and needy in the mid 1800s. It also holds significant Metis artifacts and several things relating to Louis Riel, including his steamer trunk he left for Montreal with to pursue his studies as a teenager. He is buried nearby as is his father and other prominent Metis leaders and officials.