This two-storey brick building on Fourth Street in Wawanesa, in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, is believed to have been built in 1904 to replace the Northern Pacific Hotel that had burned. The southern portion was built by lawyer Joseph Chambers (?-?) for use as his office. Sold in 1917 to P. R. Mulligan (?-?), it was later re-sold to Charles Venier (1884-1948).
In August 1933, the northern portion of the hotel was destroyed by fire. However, Venier was able to reopen in the unburned southern portion built by Chambers, which remains standing today. A beverage room was added to the north side in the 1960s.
Manitoba Hotel (no date)
Source: Sipiweske: Light Through the Trees by Wawanesa & District History Book Committee, 1988, page 28.
Oakland Inn (July 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59504, W99.68416
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [Charles Venier], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Charles Venier], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1948, page 9.
Sipiweske: Light Through the Trees by Wawanesa & District History Book Committee, 1988, pages 16, 25, 28, 29.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 May 2025
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