A log cabin, a municipally-designated historic site (2005) in the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet, was built around 1937 by Norwegian immigrant Hans Erickson for his daughter Linnea following the style of workers’ cottages at the nearby Pinawa hydroelectric dam site. Erickson was one of the workers who helped to construct the generating facility and also cut wood for the plant’s boilers in winter. He was one of the first to receive a homestead grant and he supplied the company store with milk from his farm. The modest cottage is the only remaining log structure from an era that ended in 1951 with the closure of the hydro installation and abandonment of the nearby town.
The Erickson Cabin stands at Halliday Park where it is operated as the Lac du Bonnet and District Museum. Some restoration of the building was done as part of the Manitoba Prairie Icons Project.
In October 2025, the former St. Anthony Petchersky Ukrainian Catholic Church was moved to the museum.
Erickson Cabin under renovation (May 2007)
Source: Ken Storie
Erickson Cabin (September 2013)
Source: George Penner
Erickson Cabin (August 2023)
Source: George Penner
The former St. Anthony Petchersky Ukrainian Catholic Church at the Lac du Bonnet and District Museum (November 2025)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.28076, W96.01677
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Anthony Petchersky Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery / Brightstone Cemetery (RM of Lac du Bonnet)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Prairie Churches Project / Manitoba Prairie Icons Project
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pinawa Hydroelectric Power Dam (Old Pinawa, RM of Lac du Bonnet)
Erickson Cabin, SE 6-15-12 E Lac du Bonnet area, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank Leon Clegg, Jordan Makichuk, Georgia Valentonis, George Penner, and Jordan Makichuk for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Ken Storie and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 November 2025
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