Forgotten historical documents, some 100 years old, were found in the corner of a shop in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie.

Councillor Laurent Tetrault says it's important to not forget what happened in the past, and part of that is preserving historical documents for future generations.

"Maybe it's not important for everybody, but in 20 years or in 50 years from now my grandchildren can come here and say, I know my grandfather was the CAO here, we'd like to see those documents. It's so important because we need to know the history of a community."

Tetrault was the CAO for the RM of La Broquerie from 1975 to 2006 and says he remembers storing historical documents in a safe, and when they ran out of room they would meet with the archives of the St. Boniface Historical Society and donate them to be preserved and cataloged.

Reeve Lewis Weiss says he was not aware there were historical documents being stored in the municipality but agrees they should be preserved for future generations to learn from. 

Tetrault says," I'm a Francophone and a Métis, we played a huge part in Manitoba. I've learned a lot of stories from my dad, he would be 102 years old today. They played a major role in this province. In this area we [also] have the Mennonites and the Ukrainians, they did a lot for this province [as well] and let's not forget what they did, our kids need to learn that history."

Council carried the motion to have the documents preserved at the St. Boniface Historical Society archives (La Société historique de Saint-Boniface).