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Seven Oaks House Museum

Name: Seven Oaks House Museum
Address: 50 Mac Street, Winnipeg, MB, R2V4Z9, CA
Telephone: 204-339-7429

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Seven Oaks House Museum

National Historic Site
Winnipeg's oldest home (est. 1851) and General Store (est. 1831)
Home of the Scottish-Métis Inkster-Sinclair family.

Closed for the season. Check out our upcoming events! Open from Victoria Day to Labour Day: Wednesdays to Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is by Donation. Seven Oaks House is the oldest home in Winnipeg, and one of a handful of log buildings remaining that give a picture of life at Red River during the 1800's. Built in 1851-1853 primarily of wood, with a stone foundation, the home of John Inkster

is today a valuable part of the province of Manitoba's heritage. The restored dwelling is is open to the public. Its furnishings, some of them original, recapture the style and use of the rooms when John Inkster and his family lived here. Seven Oaks takes its name from a nearby creek where seven large oak trees once stood, marking the site of the Battle of Seven Oaks fought in 1816. Call or e-mail for more information.

08/31/2026

Encounter 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙊𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 for yourself this fall🕯️

Tickets are available now to explore the oldest haunted house in Winnipeg in the dark of night! Engage in a theatrical candle-lit ghost tour where history and haunting intertwine, and hear all of Seven Oaks House's most chilling and haunting tales. Then, embark on an evening stroll and learn the paranormal history of the Seven Oaks grounds led by 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘨 and 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 author Matthew Komus.

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘨?

𝘑𝘖𝘐𝘕 𝘜𝘚:
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙊𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚

📆September 18, 19, 25 & 26, October 2 & 3
⏰7:00 & 9:00 pm
📍50 Mac St, Winnipeg, MB
🎟️$32.50 + fees

𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩...
🔗https://3common.com/spirits-of-seven-oaks-house

08/29/2026

This weekend is your last chance to visit Seven Oaks House Museum before we close for the season!🏛️

Drop-in for a guided tour of Winnipeg's oldest house, home to the Scottish-Métis Inkster family and the first store in Kildonan.🏡

We're open Saturday & Sunday, 10:00am-4:00pm
📍50 Mac St. Winnipeg, MB.
🎟️Admission by donation

Can't visit this weekend? Check out our upcoming events to experience Seven Oaks House in the fall!🍂🏠

Link in bio🔗

08/27/2026

Have you visited the Inkster General Store this summer? 🏡

Built c. 1831, this building is the oldest remaining building in Winnipeg! Originally, it was the Inksters’ two-room log dwelling when they first settled at Seven Oaks. When Seven Oaks House was built, they split their first home in half; this room was renovated to become a store, and the other half was moved and attached to the far side of Seven Oaks House as the summer kitchen.

In the 1850s, this would have been the only store in Kildonan! Locals flocked to Seven Oaks House for everything from food, clothes, tools, or to buy or trade furs. It also served as the community’s Post Office. A road led directly here from Main Street!

Visit the General Store before the end of the season!

We are open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm until August 30!
📍50 Mac St. Winnipeg, MB.

08/26/2026

We've had a blast embracing heritage and nature with our Roots & Reeds craft series this summer! Join us tomorrow for our LAST drop-in craft of the summer! We'll be making Beaded Flower Keychains🌸🔑

Come for a craft and a tour of the museum!🏡🪡

Drop-in:
⏰12:00 - 3:00 PM
📍50 Mac St. Winnipeg, MB.
🎟️Participation by donation, while supplies last

08/26/2026

Visit Ross House Museum before they close for the season!🏡

08/26/2026

Happy ! 🐕

At Seven Oaks House Museum, one of our most prized artefacts is the dog collar of Bobs, which we display in the parlour with his portrait photograph!

This photo of Bobs was taken between 1894 and 1912. Based on these dates, we believe he was Mary “Marak” Inkster’s dog. Bobs is posing on a bear skin rug. He appears to be a Rat Terrier: a powerful, fast dog that was bred for hunting and pest control. Rat terriers were popular on farms from the 1890s until the 1940s.

His leather collar’s engraved brass nameplate reads: "Bobs - Seven Oaks."

It's obvious that Bobs was a cherished member of the family and his story is probably the oldest pet-history preserved in Manitoba!

08/21/2026

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘨?

This fall, Seven Oaks House will open its doors for guests to explore its haunted history in the dark of night🌙🏠

Step inside the oldest haunted house in Winnipeg for a theatrical candle-lit ghost tour, and hear all of its most chilling and haunting tales 👻🕯️

Then, embark on an evening stroll and learn the paranormal history of the Seven Oaks grounds led by 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘨 and 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 author Matthew Komus of Winnipeg Ghost Walk 📚

𝘑𝘖𝘐𝘕 𝘜𝘚:
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙊𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚

📆September 18, 19, 25 & 26, October 2 & 3
⏰7:00 & 9:00 pm
📍50 Mac St, Winnipeg, MB
🎟️$32.50 + fees

𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩...
🔗https://3common.com/spirits-of-seven-oaks-house

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗜𝗣 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!
Learn more above 🔗🎟️

08/19/2026

We had such a lovely evening last week learning the historic craft of hairwork from Sandra Klowak on the grounds of the oldest house in Winnipeg!🏡

Each participant got a chance to get inspired by Victorian hairwork from the Seven Oaks House Museum collection, and learn how to create their own flowers 🌼 ✂️

Thank you to everyone who came out to engage with history & craft!

Only two spots remain for our upcoming Goldwork Embroidery workshop with Charlotte Sigurdson this Thursday!🪡
Register below:🔗🎟️
https://3common.com/event/6a63dcd1b2d10dd7d780cd0c

08/18/2026

, we remember Mary “Marak” Inkster, who passed on August 18, in 1912, after living the entirety of her 80 years on the Seven Oaks House property.

Marak was the fourth child of John Inkster and Mary Sinclair Inkster, and had Scottish-Métis ancestry. Born on her mother’s birthday, December 15, in 1832, Marak grew up in the Inkster’s original two-room log home, which still stands as the general store and the summer kitchen.

After the Inksters finished construction on Seven Oaks House in 1853, Marak became an integral part of the household. Of her, her mother wrote in a letter to Marak's sister Harriet McMurray in 1869: “Your father felt Marak’s illness very deeply – God has delt mercifully with us in restoring our useful member once more, for you can imagine what the Lodge of Seven Oaks would be without her.”

She was well educated, well read, an active member in the church, and a pillar of her community.

Marak never married and she became the keeper of Seven Oaks House. She willed her property to the City of Winnipeg, ensuring it would be preserved for her community as a park and museum.

Thank you, Marak, for saving Seven Oaks House for the future!

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50 Mac Street
Winnipeg, MB
R2V4Z9

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

204-339-7429

Website

https://linktr.ee/sevenoakshousemuseum

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