Description of Historic Place

The Heritage North Museum (1990) is a
medium-sized, one-storey, L-shaped building with a low-pitched, shingled, cross-gabled roof. It stands
on a large treed lot on Princeton Drive, just east of Mystery Lake Road in the south-east corner of the
City of Thompson. The municipal designation applies to the site and all buildings on it.

Heritage Value

Heritage North Museum is valued primarily
as an attractive purpose-built that tells the story of the Thompson area through artifacts and activities.
Built from a log kit designed by Prince George log builder and well known instructor Allan Mackie, its
log construction recalls the early buildings erected by pioneers in Manitoba's forested northern
regions, reminding residents and visitors alike of Thompson¿s recent frontier history.

Source: City
of Thompson By-law No. 1862-2011, 12 December 2011.

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements
that define the heritage character of the Heritage North Museum site include:
- the building¿s placement,
facing Mystery Lake Road
- various exterior facilities, such as the forge, which are used for demonstrations
-
the mature trees

Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of the Heritage North Museum
include:
- the overall size and massing: the L-shaped plan with the three central bays projecting at
the front
- the construction materials: unpainted, peeled log walls with saddle-notched corners; vertical
log slices in the gable ends
- the cedar-shingled, low-pitched, cross-gabled roof

Key elements that
define the interior heritage character of the Heritage North Museum include:
- the exposed, natural-stained
log walls; the unpainted rustic wood fittings