{"id":2249,"date":"2010-08-03T08:43:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T13:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2010-08-03T08:50:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T13:50:45","slug":"st-boniface-cathedral-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cyberward.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/st-boniface-cathedral-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"St Boniface Cathedral at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have always liked the St. Boniface Cathedral, or at least what is left of it. I have been trying to photograph it at night for several years now. Every time I am in Winnipeg, something comes up that prevents me from getting there. Usually time. I have even gone to the grounds to find that the lights were not turned on that night!<\/p>\n

At least I got there this time. But to do it, I had to borrow an old, slightly broken, and not very stable tripod I found in my parents basement. It was better than nothing. I got a couple of pictures, but didn’t hang out quite as long as I would have liked. I will try again to get there a bit earlier too. I didn’t get enough blue in the sky for what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Cathedral you see is just a facade. It was burned twice. The structure that remains was built in 1906. In 1972 a new Cathedral was built on the grounds. It appears to be inside some of the original stone building, behind this facade.<\/p>\n

The Cathedral is within what is considered the “french section” of Winnipeg. There are many other French cultural and historical buildings within the St. Boniface \u00a0area of Winnipeg. I grew up at the other end (south) of St. Boniface.<\/p>\n

One thing I appreciate about the location, is that photography appears to be encouraged. There are lights on the building, and photographers always seem to be around. The grounds also contain a grave yard, but no one guarding or ushering people away. On the grounds, Louis Riel is buried, a very important \u00a0French\/Metis historical figure. I would imagine that all Canadian kids, not just Manitobans would have learned about him in school.<\/p>\n

Some of this information was taken from this wikipedia article<\/a><\/p>\n

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