What happened to St Boniface Cathedral?
What happened to St Boniface Cathedral?
Boniface Cathedral 50 years ago. A rumble thundered through Winnipeg 50 years ago as the twin bell towers of the St. Boniface Cathedral teetered and crashed through the roof, weakened by a raging fire that also blew out the colossal rose window at the centre of the limestone basilica.
When did St Boniface Cathedral burn?
1968
Boniface Cathedral burned in 1968.
How did St Boniface get its name?
Boniface Cathedral, Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, St. Boniface Hospital, the Université de Saint-Boniface, and the Royal Canadian Mint….Saint Boniface, Winnipeg.
| St. Boniface Saint-Boniface | |
|---|---|
| City | 1908 |
| Named for | Saint Boniface |
| Area | |
| • Suburb | 24.455 km2 (9.442 sq mi) |
What is Saint Boniface host to in Western Canada?
Today, Saint-Boniface still celebrates its French-Canadian heritage. It is home to the annual Festival du Voyageur, the Cercle Molière Theatre and the Centre culturel franco-manitobain (CCFM), which houses theatres, an art gallery and a community radio station.
How did the St.Boniface cathedral fire happen?
The growl of ravenous flames and collapsing stone roared through Winnipeg 50 years ago as the twin bell towers of the St. Boniface Cathedral tottered then crashed through the roof. They were weakened by a raging fire that blew out the colossal rose window at the centre of the limestone basilica, sending new towers skyward — of thick smoke.
When was the fire in St Boniface Manitoba?
“It was a massive operation,” he said. Heavy smoke chokes the air in St. Boniface during the fire on July 22, 1968. (Winnipeg Tribune collection/University of Manitoba Archives)
When was St.Boniface Roman Catholic Church founded?
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (some baptisms, marriages and burials between 1824 and 1834) All of the details on those cards was entered into this database (see digitized cards on microfilm H-1344 ).
What was found in the St.Boniface Museum?
The St. Boniface museum has some pieces of marble from the cathedral’s altar, the clappers that struck the bells to make them ring, old tools used on stonework in the construction, a jar of charred wood and a piece of the roof found in a backyard the day of the fire.