Tourism Package

Holsteins, Hostas, Hard Labour & Heaven

You will be welcomed at the Manitoba Dairy Museum by local experts who have spent many years in the dairy industry and involved in local history. See how cream and butter were made in the early part of the last century. Visit the restored one-room school and sample the life of the pioneers.
After a copious lunch, go to jail - or rather - visit our newly-restored village lock-up dating from the 1890’s. Have your picture taken behind bars.

After serving time, get some fresh air by visiting our award-winning gardens, from the flower beds to the rose garden to the fruit garden to the arboretum to the wild flower patch.

After afternoon tea, finish your tour at our intriguing church designed by the renowned Étienne Gaboury.

Throughout your visit, enjoy the warm hospitality of your hosts, the people of Saint-Claude.

The price for the tourism package is $39 per person.  This is the price for a group visit and does not include transport

For reservations, phone (204) 379-2679 / (204) 379-2323.

The village also boasts of two geocaches. For more details, visit www.geocaching.com.

Permanent Attractions:

Saint-Claude Catholic Church
Built in the mid 60's, it was designed by the renowned architect Étienne Gaboury who also designed the Saint-Boniface Cathedral and the Esplanade Riel. With its long narrow windows of stained glass, its interior is as unconventional in concept as its unusual exterior.

 

The World’s (second) Largest Smoking Pipe
Was constructed in commemoration of early settlers who came from Saint-Claude in the Jura region of France, where the main industry was the manufacture of smoking pipes. This smoking pipe is 6 metres long and 1,5 metres high, and weighs 195 kilos.

 

Manitoba Dairy Museum
Features local and provincial dairying from early practices to modern processing. The Museum grounds include agricultural exhibits showing the growth of this industry, as well as the Saint-Claude Museum with its 2,000 bilingually catalogued artifacts that tell the story of Saint-Claude at the turn of the century and the Bell School Museum which depicts a typical county school from the pioneer days.

The Saint-Claude Gardens
were initiated by a group of volunteers, the ‘Friends of the Garden’. The gardens, which include flower beds, rose gardens, an arboretum and a prairie wild garden, stretch for 2 kilometres along the railway through the centre of the village.

 

The Gaol Museum and Tourist Office are on Highway 240 in the town centre. The restored Gaol dates back to 1913 and shows a typical country lock-up from the early twentieth century. The regional tourist office can be found in the same building.

Pembina Valley Tourism: www.pembinavalleytourism.com
Central Plains Tourism: www.echoesandlegends.com
Rural Manitoba web site:
www.ruralmanitoba.ca

Pembina Valley Passport Adventure
May 15 – October 15

The Manitoba Dairy Museum and the Saint-Claude Gaol Museum are two of the 18 participating partners in this adventure. They will both be open from the end of June to early September.

Visit museums and galleries throughout the Pembina Valley & enter to win prizes worth $1,500.

Watch for passports at tourist information centres or any of the participating museums for more information.

• Gallery in the Park (Altona)
• Dufferin Historical Museum (Carman)
• Darlingford School Heritage Building & Museum
• Archibald Historical Museum (La Riviere)
• Pembina-Manitou Log House Tourism Centre
• Miami Railway Station Museum
• Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (Morden)
• Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame (Morden)
• Pembina Hills Arts Centre (Morden)
• Morris & District Centennial Museum
• Manitoba Dairy Museum (St. Claude)
• St. Claude Gaol Museum
• Pembina Threshermen’s Museum (Winkler)
• Plum Coulee Museum
• Crystal City Community Printing Museum
• Marringhurst Heritage House & School
• Neuberthal Historical Site
• Golden Prairie Arts Council

Official Launch of the Passport Adventure takes place in May at the Southland Mall, Winkler.

The Pembina Valley Challenge - The Amazing Race will take place once more this year near the end of August or the beginning of September. In 2009, 400 took part in this family fun-filled weekend.