Varennes, Winnipeg

A two-storey brown brick church with a modern bell tower.

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Varennes.

Coordinates: 49°51′18″N 97°06′43″W / 49.855°N 97.112°W / 49.855; -97.112

Varennes is a neighbourhood in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located in the northern section of the district of St. Vital. It is a small triangular neighbourhood located, and is bounded by St. Mary's Road on the west, Fermor Avenue on the south, and St. Anne's Road (Trans-Canada Highway) on the east. In the 2001 census, Varennes had a population of 1,080.^[1]

The neighbourhood was named for Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, an early French explorer in the district.

It is in the federal riding of Saint Boniface—Saint Vital and the provincial riding of St. Vital.

History[]

The area now known as Varennes was the northern terminus of the original Crow Wing Trail, a Red River Trail that ran down the east side of the Red River to Emerson, Manitoba. St. Vital's first livery stable was founded in the area of the intersection of St. Anne's Road and St. Mary's Road (St. Anne's Junction) by Abraham Guay, a local landowner.^[2]

Amenities[]

Varennes is the home of Ecole Varennes, a French-immersion primary school administered by the Louis Riel School Division; as well as two churches, St. Mary's Road United Church and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Until the spring of 2009, Global Television's Winnipeg studios were located in Varennes. There is significant light commercial development along both St. Mary's Road and St. Anne's Road.^[3]

References[]

^ "VARENNES" (PDF). 2001 CENSUS DATA. City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, web site. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
^ "Origin of the Trail/Origin des Routes Primitives". Placard placed at St. Anne's Junction by the Manitoba Historic Resource Branch, Government of Manitoba, with information from the St. Vital Historical Society.
^ Sherlock's Map of Winnipeg and Surrounding Areas., vol. Map 25, ISBN 978-1-895229-67-7

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Inkster	Brooklands Burrows–Keewatin Inkster Gardens Inkster Industrial Park North Inkster Industrial Oak Point Highway Pacific Industrial Shaughnessy Park Tyndall Park Weston Weston Shops
Point Douglas	Point Douglas (North, South) Burrows Central Dufferin Dufferin Industrial Inkster–Faraday Lord Selkirk Park Luxton Mynarski Robertson St. John's St. John's Park William Whyte
River East	Chalmers Eaglemere East Elmwood Glenelm Grassie Kil-cona Park Kildonan Crossing Kildonan Drive McLeod Industrial Munroe East Munroe West North Transcona Yards River East Rossmere–A Rossmere–B Springfield North Springfield South Talbot–Grey Tyne-Tees Valhalla Valley Gardens
River Heights	River Heights (Central, North, South) Crescentwood Earl Grey Ebby–Wentworth Grant Park J.B. Mitchell Lord Roberts Mathers McMillan River-Osborne Riverview Rockwood Roslyn Sir John Franklin Wellington Crescent
Seven Oaks	Amber Trails Garden City Jefferson Leila North Leila–McPhillips Triangle Mandalay West Margaret Park Riverbend Rivergrove Rosser–Old Kildonan Seven Oaks Templeton–Sinclair The Maples West Kildonan Industrial
St. Boniface	St. Boniface (Central, North) Archwood Dufresne Dugald Fraipont Holden Island Lakes Maginot The Mint Mission Industrial Niakwa Park Niakwa Place Norwood East Norwood West Royalwood Sage Creek Southdale Southland Park St. Boniface Industrial Park Stock Yards Symington Yards Tissot Windsor Park
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St. Vital	Alpine Place Dakota Crossing Elm Park Glenwood Kingston Crescent Lavalee Maple Grove Park Meadowood Minnetonka Norberry Normand Park Perimeter South Pulberry River Park South St. George Varennes Victoria Crescent Vista Worthington
Transcona	Canterbury Park Griffin Kern Park Kildare–Redonda Meadows Melrose Mission Gardens Peguis Radisson Regent Transcona South Victoria West
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