Trappist Monastery Provincial Park
The Notre Dame des Prairies monastery was founded in 1892 in St. Norbert, after the parish priest, Father Joseph-Noël Ritchot, worked to have land set aside fo...
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The Notre Dame des Prairies monastery was founded in 1892 in St. Norbert, after the parish priest, Father Joseph-Noël Ritchot, worked to have land set aside for its construction, according to a City of Winnipeg document.
It later became famous for its Trappist-style cheese, which was made there until 2018, when the last of the monastery's cheese-making monks retired.
All that the monks leave behind — the statue, cemetery and monastery itself, along with the ruins of the old monastery in St. Norbert (pictured)— will be the last public traces of the Trappist order that spent more than a century contributing to Manitoba history.
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It later became famous for its Trappist-style cheese, which was made there until 2018, when the last of the monastery's cheese-making monks retired.
All that the monks leave behind — the statue, cemetery and monastery itself, along with the ruins of the old monastery in St. Norbert (pictured)— will be the last public traces of the Trappist order that spent more than a century contributing to Manitoba history.
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