A metal sign at this site in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, on the Portage Subdivision of the Great Northern Railway, commemorates the village of Bradburn that was established here around 1906 and named for local homesteader and businessman Thomas Bradburn (?-?). It had a 25,000-bushel McCabe Grain elevator (operated seasonally by Sherwin Godkin), two stores, a poolroom, and a small railway station.
The rail line was removed in 1926 and, in 1929, merchant Edouard Tissot (1881-1955) tore down his store and poolroom that he had built in 1920 and rebuilt them in nearby Barnsley.
Bradburn commemorative sign (June 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Bradburn commemorative sign (August 2025)
Source: Jean McManusSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60320, W98.07348
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Great Northern Railway / Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson’s Bay Railway / Midland Railway / Manitoba Great Northern Railway
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin: 1880-1980, compiled and edited by June M. Watson with the assistance of the History Book Committee, Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1982, page 42.
Bradburn, Carman/Dufferin Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jean McManus and Tighe McManus for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 September 2025
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