It features the trading post and home of the Metis legislator and fur trader Antoine Blanc Gingras (1821–1877).

Gingras built a two-story exposed-log trading post and a clapboard house on his plot of land in the 1840s.

He soon owned trading posts across the Dakota Territory and parts of Southern Manitoba.

[2][3] When Louis Riel (1844–1885) started the 1869 Red River Rebellion, Gingras also participated in the events.

It features the original buildings and exhibits about Antoine Blanc Gingras, Metis culture, and the Red River Valley fur trade.