Built between 1845 and 1847, this stone building in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews at the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site has been restored to the way it looked in the early 1850s when Hudson’s Bay Company Chief Factor Donald Ross lived here with his wife Mary and their children. Over time, the structure housed many others, including Edmund Richard Abell (1826-1895), the HBC engineer at Lower Fort Garry.
Guest Cottage (1937)
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 18 December 1937, page 12.
Postcard aerial view of Guest Cottage (1970s)
Source: Milan Lukes
Guest Cottage (November 2024)
Source: Milan LukesSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.11009, W96.93237
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Donald Ross (1797-1852)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lower Fort Garry (RM of St. Andrews)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stories Houses Tell
“Stories houses tell” by Lillian Gibbons, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 December 1937, page 12.
“Restoration at Lower Fort nearly complete” by Lillian Gibbons, Winnipeg Tribune, 6 March 1968, page 17.
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Park brochure, National and Historic Parks Branch, 1969.
Guest Cottage, Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site, Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada.
Abell, Edmund Richard, Hudson's Bay Company Archives biographical sheet, Government of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 5 April 2026
This page was prepared by Milan Lukes.
