Sinton Lane

This memorial is dedicated to Robert Sinton, who drove a supply wagon with General Middleton’s forces during the Riel uprising. Sinton’s connection with Riel was much more personal. After Riel’s execution, his body was placed in St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Cornwall St., and guarded day and night by members of the Bonneau family. Several week later, the Bonneaus were advised that a boxcar would be placed near Albert Street in which the remains would be taken to St. Boniface for burial. In the dead of night, Robert Sinton was called on to help move the casket, a secret he kept for 50 years.