Formerly located at the northwest corner of Main Street and Jefferson Avenue in West Kildonan (now part of Winnipeg), a one-storey brick and stucco building, measuring 22 feet by 32 feet, was built in 1932 as a service station for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company to sell the firm's Red Indian and Marathon Blue brand gasolines. The building originally had a single service bay, two gasoline pumps, and a small office for the service station attendant.
Later known as the Kildonan Service Station, it sold Imperial Oil Limited (later Esso) brand gasoline. The building has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a new commercial building.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93429, W97.12018
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: McColl-Frontenac Oil Company / Texaco Canada Limited
Manitoba Business: The Imperial Oil Company Limited / Imperial Oil Limited
“Red Indian Service Station,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 January 1933, page 22.
“Red Indian Service Station,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1934, page 23.
“Red Indian Service Station,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 June 1935, page 16.
“McColl-Frontenac Oil Company - Red Indian Service Station - West Kildonan,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 June 1946, page 5.
“McColl-Frontenac Oil Company - Red Indian Service Station - West Kildonan,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 June 1946, page 4.
West Kildonan fire insurance map, #4 November 1961, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 18 January 2026
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