Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gabel’s General Store (Ladywood, RM of Brokenhead)

This wooden building at Ladywood in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead was constructed between 1929 and 1931 for owners Henry Gabel (1899-1975) and Mary Sternat Gabel (1909-1990), who operated it as a general store until closure in 1975. Now a provincially-designated historic site, the building was later used as a community museum.

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood (September 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood (February 2017)
Source: George Penner

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood (June 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood (June 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

The former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood

Interio of the former Gabel’s General Store at Ladywood (September 2013)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18009, W96.49724
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Provincially Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Marriage registration [Henry Gabel, Mary Stewart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Gabel’s General Store (Atelier-Ladywood Museum), SW 18-14-8E, Ladywood, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Debby Hlady for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 May 2021

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