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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Anola and District Museum (725 Weiser Crescent, Anola, RM of Springfield)

This museum at Anola, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, features artifacts and buildings from the early days of the municipality. It includes the building for Anola School No. 1602, the Millbrook Cemetery Chapel from 1889, a blacksmith shop, a fire hall, and an early home.

Contact the museum via Warren Kruchak at 204-794-3069 or Susanne Wastle at 204-866-3599.

Aerial view of the Anola and District Museum

Aerial view of the Anola and District Museum (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Anola and District Museum, with the Anola School building at left

Anola and District Museum, with the Anola School building at left (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Anola School building at the Anola and District Museum

The former Anola School building at the Anola and District Museum (June 2023)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Anola School building at the Anola and District Museum

The former Anola School building at the Anola and District Museum (June 2023)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88404, W96.64826
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Anola School No. 1602 / Anola Fellowship Chapel (RM of Springfield)

Sources:

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

We thank George Penner, Jo-Anne Hadaller, and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 August 2023

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