A monument on Oak Forest Crescent in Winnipeg commemorates the surrounding forest which was named for Winogar, an Ojibwe woman. She was pursued romantically by La Jemeraye, a nephew of Pierre Gaultier De Varennes La Vérendrye, who was killed in 1736. They met under a large elm tree that once stood along the Assiniboine River. Knowledge of the legend was perpetuated by schoolteacher Mabel McGill Pounder (1908-2001), a stepdaughter of Charles Arthur Sankey, who lived nearby.
Winogar Forest Monument (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Winogar Forest Monument (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Commemorative plaque on Winogar Forest Monument (April 2025)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86951, W97.33117
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Stories houses tell” by Lillian Gibbons, Winnipeg Tribune, 12 April 1963, page 17.
Obituary [Mabel Grace Pounder], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 March 2001.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 July 2025
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