A monument along Highway #42 in the Municipality of Prairie View was erected in 1982 by Ducks Unlimited Canada to commemorate a local wetland conservation project undertaken with support of the Province of Manitoba, Rural Municipality of Birtle, and landowners Cromar Ashcroft, Rodney Ashcroft, Ken and Rosemarie Ewbank, and Harry Vryenhoek. Funds for the project were provided by Illinois DU Life Sponsors: Ramon R. Bione, Beatty T. Burke, Irwin E. Fuchs, Joseph M. Kapilla, Hylee F. Kemp, R. E. McGreevy, Bill J. McKinney, Marvin E. Miller, James A. Nelson DDS, Thomas J. Nold, Joseph L. Partoll, Harvey C. Pitt, Dr. Bernard Ruder, Barbara E. Truitt, Charles T. Urban, and Jack F. Walker.
Ashcroft conservation commemorative monument (August 2018)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.41694, W100.84901
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ducks Unlimited Monuments
Manitoba Organization: Ducks Unlimited Canada
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 August 2021
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