Historic Sites of Manitoba: Locations

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Locations are just that -- locations. They denote historic sites where there is usually nothing left: no building, no commemorative plaque, just the location where a building sat, or an event occurred, or with some otherwise noteworthy historical attribute that warrants inclusion here.

Businesses

Archway Warehouse, Jail and Powder Magazine Remains (Norway House)

Arlington Hotel (254 Stephen Street, Morden)

Hotel Cambrian (Sherridon, Northern Manitoba)

Fort Rouge Theatre (248 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)

Gregory’s Mill (RM of Riverside)

Kowalewich General Store (Garland, RM of Ethelbert)

Leary Brickworks (RM of Lorne)

Manitoba Glass Company Site (Beausejour)

The “Old Mound” and Bank Vault (RM of Louise)

Oak Point Quarry (RM of Coldwell)

Pine Falls Paper Mill (Town of Powerview-Pine Falls)

Prince Edward Hotel (Princess Avenue, Brandon)

Rex Café Site (50 Main Street, Carberry)

Stonewall Quarries (Stonewall)

Union Bank Building (Deloraine)

Churches

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Manse (Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Erickson)

Ferndale United Church (RM of Macdonald)

Melita United Church Manse (79 Ash Street, Melita)

Northend Methodist Church (RM of Rosedale)

Tin Can Cathedral (Dufferin Avenue, Winnipeg)

Zion Methodist Church (335 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg)

Ghost Towns

A few of the Manitoba ghost towns have commemorative monuments. See the Index of Monuments for a list of them.

Adelpha (RM of Morton)

Ancrum (RM of Daly)

Asessippi (RM of Shellmouth-Boulton; 3-23-28W)

Badger Creek (RM of Roblin; about a mile north of the present site of Cartwright, residents moved to the railway site when it arrived in 1883-1885)

Bannerman (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

Bates (RM of Dufferin)

Baxters Corner (RM of Rosedale)

Beaver (RM of North Norfolk)

Bender Hamlet (RM of Armstrong)

Birdtail (RM of Rossburn; 22-20-25W)

Bloom (RM of Portage la Prairie; 3-12-8W; formerly called Barr for an early railway station agent but renamed in 1908)

Blythfield (RM of Macdonald)

Bradburn (RM of Dufferin; 27-7-5W)

Bradwardine (RM of Daly)

Cayer (RM of Alonsa; 21-26-12W)

Crawford Park (RM of Park)

Currie’s Landing (RM of Cornwallis)

Dand (RM of Winchester)

Decker (RM of Miniota)

Desford (RM of Morton)

Dropmore (RM of Shellmouth-Boulton; 26-23-29W)

Ebor (RM of Pipestone)

Elva (RM of Arthur)

Ewart (RM of Pipestone)

Fallison (RM of Louise)

Firdale (RM of North Norfolk)

Gartmore (RM of Dauphin)

Grand Valley (RM of Cornwallis)

Greenway (RM of Argyle)

Hamilton (RM of Ochre River)

Hayfield (RM of Glenwood)

Herb Lake (east shore of Wekusko Lake, map sheet 63J/13)

Hilton (RM of Strathcona)

Hoffnungsfeld (Winkler)

Holyrood (RM of Macdonald)

Horod (RM of Park)

Horton (RM of Morton; 15-2-20W)

Ingelow (RM of North Cypress)

Ingleside (RM of Portage la Prairie; 27-10-4W)

Isabella (RM of Miniota)

Lake Audy (RM of Park)

Landseer (RM of Victoria)

Lavinia (RM of Hamiota)

Littleton (RM of Victoria)

Lyleton (RM of Edward)

Madford (RM of Elton; 22-11-17W)

Manchester (RM of Arthur)

Manitoba City (RM of Pembina; north half of 30-3-8W)

Mayfield (RM of Westbourne; 23-13-12W)

Mayne (RM of Daly; 16-11-21W)

McConnell (RM of Hamiota)

McKenzie (RM of Louise; 24-2-10W)

Methven (RM of Oakland)

Millford (RM of South Cypress)

Millwood (RM of Russell; 2-20-29W; see Henry Millwood Mould)

Moberly (RM of Winchester)

Montifiore (RM of Brenda)

Moore Park (RM of Odanah; 14-13-17W)

Mountain City (RM of Stanley)

Mountain Road (RM of Rosedale)

Mountainside (RM of Winchester)

Mowbray (RM of Pembina; 4-1-8W)

Neelin (RM of Roblin; 19-3-14W)

Nelson / Nelsonville (RM of Stanley)

Norquay (RM of Lorne; 17-6-10W)

Oberon (RM of North Cypress)

Old Dauphin (RM of Dauphin)

Old Deloraine (RM of Winchester; see A Few Notes on Old Deloraine)

Old Stockton (RM of Strathcona; 32-6-15W)

Olha (RM of Rossburn; 36-19-23W)

Polonia (RM of Rosedale; 21-16-16W)

Pope (RM of Hamiota)

Preston (RM of Louise; 1-3-12W)

Purves (RM of Louise; 15-2-10W)

Rea (RM of Miniota; 4-14-26W)

Reaburn (RM of Woodlands)

Roden (RM of Daly; 22-11-22W)

Ste-Elizabeth (RM of DeSalaberry; 18-4-3E)

Scandinavia (RM of Clanwilliam)

Seech (RM of Park; 2-20-22W)

Silver Stream (RM of Westbourne)

Snowflake (RM of Pembina)

Souris City / Sourisapolis (RM of Arthur)

Sourisford (RM of Arthur; 22-2-27W)

Spearhill (RM of Grahamdale; 22-27-7W)

Springhurst (RM of Rosedale; 34-15-16W)

Tisdale (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain; 2-4-16W)

Totogan (RM of Westbourne)

Turtle Mountain City (RM of Morton)

Uno (RM of Miniota; 33-14-27W)

Wakopa (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)

Waubeesh (RM of Morton)

West Hall (RM of Cameron; 4-5-22W)

West Lynne (Emerson)

Whitewater (RM of Morton; 12-4-21W)

Wood Bay (RM of Louise)

York Factory (Hudson Bay)

Homes

Creighton Terrace (33 Fourth Street, Emerson)

Kaye House (Melita)

Schools

Go here for a list of surviving school buildings.

Go here for a list of cairns for schools that no longer exist.

Alexander School No. 338 (1884-1967)

Alexandra School (Edmonton Street, Winnipeg)

Allenvale School No. 2224 (1930-1967)

Allinson School No. 2144 (1929-1967)

Altona School No. 333 (1884-1967)

Ardal School No. 1292 (1904-?)

Armour School No. 159 (1884-1966)

Arondale School No. 1522 (1910-1967)

Austin School No. 154 (1884-1974)

Aweme School No. 434 (1885-1966)

Baldur School No. 667 (1891-?)

Barkham School No. 1197 (1902-1959)

Bayview School No. 454 (1885-1966)

Beaudry School No. 1249 (1902-1959)

Beausejour School No. 609 (1889-1968)

Benito School No. 1408 (1907-1967)

Binscarth School No. 506 (1887-?)

Birtle Consolidated School No. 132 (1911-1968)

Boissevain School No. 373 (1885-1968)

Boundary School No. 1339 (1905-c1960)

Bourret School No. 1077 (1900-1957)

Boyne School No. 21 (1872-1966)

Bradwardine Consolidated School No. 1307 (1915-1968)

Brandon Residential School (Grand Valley Road, Brandon)

Brickburn Consolidated School No. 998 (1899-?)

Broad Valley School No. 1823 (1916-1968)

Brooklands School No. 1440 (1907-1967)

Carleton School No. 36 (1876-1969)

Carman School No. 176 (1884-?)

Central School (Portage la Prairie)

Chater School No. 181 (1884-1959)

Clearwater School No. 106 (1880-?)

Clover Plain School No. 2292 (1939-1966)

Cornwall School No. 1129 (1901-1964)

Cornwallis School No. 187 (1884-1967)

Dauphin Normal School / Whitmore School (First Street SW, Dauphin)

Deleau School No. 785 (Deleau, RM of Sifton)

Deloraine School No. 490 (1887-1966)

Domain School No. 2342 (1938-1953)

Dominion City School No. 45 (1877-1965)

Don School No. 1813 (1915-1967)

Donore School No. 118 (1881-1957)

Doroshenko School No. 1730 (1914-1967)

Durban School No. 1080 (1900-1967)

East Poplar Point School No. 15 (1873-1955)

Edward E. Best School No. 2298 (1940-1965)

Elkhorn Residential School (Elkhorn)

Elkhorn School No. 366 (1885-?)

Emerson School No. 27 (1875-?)

Erickson School No. 1366 (1906-?)

Falmouth School No. 1856 (1917-1962)

Ferndale School No. 498 (1887-1966)

Fisher Branch School No. 1543 (1910-1967)

Flossie School No. 1265 (1904-1966)

Flowery Bank School No. 837 (1895-1967)

Fork River Consolidated School No. 2411 (1962-1981)

Fort Whyte School No. 2198 (1929-1967)

General Steele School (757 Lyon Street, Winnipeg)

Giroux School No. 1742 (1914-1968)

Gladstone School No. 70 (1878-?)

Glenboro School No. 512 (1887-?)

Golden Valley School No. 1438 (1907-1955)

Gonor School No. 1070 (1900-1966)

Goose Lake Consolidated School No. 1283 (1904-1972)

Grainfields School No. 2186 (1928-1968)

Grandview School No. 748 (1893-?)

Grass Marsh School No. 2062 (1921-1966)

Greenbank School No. 2124 (1925-1967)

Green Ridge School No. 1704 (1913-1967)

Grove School No. 455 (1885-1966)

Hamiota School No. 692 (1892-1968)

Haskett School No. 1284 (1904-?)

Hazelridge School No. 1583 (1911-?)

Heabert School No. 1282 (1903-1959)

Hill Head School No. 860 (1895-1916)

Holland Consolidated School No. 390 (Holland, RM of Victoria)

Hollybourne School No. 2190 (1928-1965)

Holmfield School No. 699 (1892-1968)

Holyrood School No. 391 (1885-1909)

Home Valley School No. 2209 (1951-1956)

Inkerman School No. 875 (1896-1968)

Jaroslaw School No. 1649 (1913-1966)

Joyce School No. 2161 (1926-1957)

Kelwood School No. 1317 (1904-?)

Killarney School No. 252 (1884-1968)

Kilmory School No. 28 (1875-1967)

Kinlo School No. 1680 (1913-1953)

Kinlough School No. 784 (1893-1909)

Kirkwood School No. 654 (1891-1967)

Kronsweide School No. 1030 (1899-1968)

Lansdowne College (Portage la Prairie)

Lea Bank School No. 958 (1898-1961)

LeBlanc School No. 1574 (1911-1951)

Little Souris School No. 227 (1884-1967)

Lister West School No. 2302 (1942-1968)

Lowe Farm School No. 1033 (1899-?)

Macdonald School No. 233 (1883-1953)

Maple Grove School No. 247 (c1884-1968)

Makaroff School No. 1238 (1903-?)

Marsden School #1 No. 1247 (1903-1966)

Matheson School No. 1062 (RM of Elton)

Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna)

Mennonite Educational Institute (Altona)

Miami School No. 74 (1879-1968)

Minitonas School No. 1102 (1909-1953)

Minnesota School No. 1341 (1905-1967)

Molloy School No. 1849 (1916-1945)

Monar School No. 1166 (1902-1936)

Morris School No. 29 (1876-?)

Mossey River School No. 999 (1899-1962)

Mossvale School No. 2267 (1935-1967)

Neighborhood School No. 2274 (1936-1952)

Neufeld School No. 1580 (1911-1960)

New Home School No. 1647 (1913-1967)

Northend School No. 465 (1886-1896)

Oakdale School No. 709 (1892-1967)

Oak River School No. 253 (1891-?)

Osborne School No. 260 (1883-1964)

Pierson School No. 685 (1892-?)

Pilot Mound School No. 105 (1880-?)

Pine Creek Indian Residential School / Camperville Indian Residential School

Pine Ridge School No. 608 (1889-1965)

Pleasant Valley School No. 862 (1895-1967)

Plumas School No. 88 (1880-?)

Poersch School No. 895 (1897-1920)

Portage Collegiate Institute (Portage la Prairie)

Portage la Prairie Normal School / Central School

Park School (Lorne Avenue, Brandon)

Plum Coulee School No. 651 (1891-?)

Prairie Centre School No. 1349 (1905-1913)

Prairie College (RM of Saskatchewan)

Prestwick School No. 673 (1891-1959)

Provencher School No. 997 (1898-1968)

Purple Bank School No. 682 (1891-1967)

Queen Centre School No. 1219 (1902-1919)

Randolph School No. 1964 (1919-1968)

Reinland School No. 2130 (1925-?)

Rhodes School No. 1498 (1908-1966)

Rosefarm School No. 1577 (1911-1965)

Rosenhoff School No. 61 (1878-1967)

Rosenort School No. 60 (1878-?)

Roseville School No. 1990 (1920-1971)

Rosser Village School No. 750 (1893-?)

Rounthwaite School No. 1067 (1900-1967)

Russell School No. 273 (1882-?)

St. Mary’s School (Winnipeg)

St. Peter’s School No. 1031 (1899-1959)

Sanford School No. 86 (1880-1969)

Schoenwiese School No. 2134 (1925-?)

Selkirk School No. 69 (1878-?)

Seneca School No. 887 (1896-1916)

Shanawan School No. 1472 (1908-1953)

Sifton School No. 1009 (1899-?)

Silver Plains School No. 123 (1881-1966)

Skala School No. 1257 (1903-1967)

Smith-Jackson School (701 First Street SE, Dauphin)

Somerset School (775 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)

Souris School No. 285 (1884-1960)

South Brandon School No. 596 (1889-1967)

South Plympton School No. 81 (1879-1964)

Spencer North School (RM of DeSalaberry)

Spencer South School (RM of DeSalaberry)

Steinfeld School No. 1128 (1901-1968)

Stirling School No. 1832 (1916-1968)

Stony Hill School No. 1410 (1907-1968)

Swan Lake School No. 345 (1884-1971)

Sylvan School No. 1379 (1906-1959)

Tache School (Kenny Street, Winnipeg)

Teulon School No. 1093 (1900-?)

Todd School No. 1023 (1899-1960)

Transcona Collegiate Institute (Transcona)

Tummel Consolidated School No. 1319 (1913-1967)

Tyndall School No. 568 (1889-1966)

Union Point School No. 53 (1878-1960)

Union Prairie School No. 1236 (1903-1936)

Upland School No. 1605 (1912-1961)

Utopia School No. 348 (1884-1954)

Verdun School No. 863 (1895-1960)

Victoria Beach School No. 1811 (1915-1967)

Virden Consolidated School No. 144 (1905-?)

Waddell School No. 925 (1898-1909)

Waskada School No. 492 (1887-1958)

Wentworth School No. 1801 (1916-1962)

West Bay School No. 1223 (1903-1965)

West Oakland School No. 110 (1881-1941)

West Treherne School No. 537 (1888-?)

West Ward School (Portage la Prairie)

Wheatland School No. 304 (1884-1917)

Willow Heights School No. 1029 (1899-1966)

Winkler School No. 747 (1893-?)

Winnipeg Collegiate Institute / Maple Leaf School (Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)

Winnipegosis School No. 1020 (1899-1967)

Forts

Fort Churchill (Churchill)

North West Mounted Police Post 1875 (RM of Shoal Lake)

Riding Mountain House (RM of Strathclair)

York Factory

Other

SS Alpha Shipwreck Site (RM of Victoria)

Avenue of Elms (Winnipeg)

Bethel Heritage Park (Winkler)

Brockinton Indian Sites (RM of Arthur)

Burntwood Bailey Bridge (Thompson)

Calf Mountain (RM of Pembina)

Camp Morton (RM of Gimli)

Cape Merry (Churchill)

Churchill Rocket Range (Churchill)

City Hydro Fountain (Winnipeg)

Clay Banks Buffalo Jump (RM of Roblin)

Colvile Landing (RM of St. Clements)

Dawson Trailhead (Southeastern Manitoba)

Delta Marsh Field Station (RM of Portage la Prairie)

Eden Airport (RM of Rosedale)

Elk Ranch (RM of Rosedale)

Flee Island Entrenchments (RM of Portage la Prairie)

Glenboro Railway Water Tower (Glenboro)

Goodlands Heritage Park (Goodlands, RM of Brenda)

Half-Way House Museum (Hargrave, RM of Wallace)

Half-Way Tree (RM of Portage la Prairie)

Harte Trail (Winnipeg)

Hyland Park (RM of East St. Paul)

International Peace Garden

Lac du Bonnet Airport (Lac du Bonnet)

Lake Manitoba Narrows (RM of Siglunes)

Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children (RM of Gimli)

Little Saskatchewan River Generating Station (RM of Whitehead)

McArdle Salt Works (near Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba)

Missouri Trail

Nanton Estate Gates (229 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg)

Newcomb’s Hollow - Old Deloraine Land Titles Office (RM of Winchester)

The Passage (Winnipeg)

Pembina Crossing (RM of Pembina)

Provincial Prison Farm (RM of Reynolds)

Red River Floodway (Winnipeg)

Red River Mouth (RM of St. Clements)

Rhodes Community Hall (RM of Ethelbert)

Riverview Park (RM of Headingley)

St. Ambroise Entrenchments (RM of Portage la Prairie)

Sloop Cove (Churchill)

Sourisford Linear Burial Mounds (RM of Arthur)

Star Mound (RM of Odanah)

Tanner’s Crossing (Minnedosa)

Thunderbird Nest (RM of Alonsa)

Timber Truss Bridge (Dominion City, RM of Franklin)

Treesbank Ferry (RM of South Cypress)

Upper Fort Garry (Winnipeg)

Victoria Hall (20 Main Street, Carberry)

Westbourne Mound (RM of Westbourne)

West Tower Railway Crossing (Portage la Prairie)

Whitewater Lake Prisoner-of-War Camp (Riding Mountain National Park)

The Wolseley Elm (Winnipeg)

Women’s Grove / Le Jardin des Femmes un Engagement Vivant (Winnipeg)

Sources:

1. Geographical Names of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Conservation, c2000.

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