Built in 1934, this historic four-storey hotel building at Sherridon was left behind when the rest of the buildings were moved to Lynn Lake in the 1950s. By the time it closed in the early 2000s, it was a summer-only operation. The building fell into disrepair after its last owner, Walter Shmon, died in 2009, and the building was destroyed by an arson fire on 2 June 2012.
Postcard view of the Hotel Cambrian (circa 1943)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2013-0112
Hotel Cambrian (May 2003)
Source: Alexander Sokalski
Hotel Cambrian ablaze (June 2012)
Source: Bonnie Hatch, CBCSite Coordinates (lat/long): N55.12376, W101.08861
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Sherridon historic hotel fire under investigation,” CBC Manitoba, 3 June 2012.
“Gold-rush hotel reduced to ashes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2012, page A14.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 February 2021
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