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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Prairie Mountain Regional Museum (RM of Yellowhead)In 1997, a group of volunteers from this region developed the concept of establishing a regional museum to house collections of significant heritage value. Support was received from the RM of Shoal Lake, Town of Shoal Lake, and RM of Strathclair, now all amalgamated into the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead. Prairie Mountain Regional Museums Collection Inc. was incorporated in April 1999. Among the buildings at the site, as of 2011, are the McNarry and Elliot pioneer houses, and the schoolhouses for Olha School No. 1243 and Seech School No. 1454. A large storage building has been erected to house the Rollie Clegg collection of some 90 antique carriages. Further development is ongoing, as plans exist for moving the former Menzie Ukrainian Orthodox Church and St. Stephen’s Anglican Church to the site.
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Sources:One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978. A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages. Prairie Mountain Regional Museums Collection Inc. This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale and Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 31 May 2019
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