A monument at Bird’s Hill, in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul, commemorates the Winnipeg Silver Fox Farm, which from 1922 to 1970 raised silver foxes here as a source of fur. The surrounding land was originally owned by Curtis James Bird. In the early 1870s, it was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway and subsequent users have included the CPR, City of Winnipeg, Building Products and Bird’s Hill Grave & Stone Ltd. A quarry supplied railroad, road and building materials for over 100 years. It has been restored and rehabilitated for use as a residential neighbourhood.
Silver Fox Estates commemorative monument (May 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Silver Fox Estates commemorative plaque (August 2020)
Source: George Penner
Aerial view of Silver Fox Estates (August 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.97668, W97.00439
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Sven Ivar Julias Klintberg (1889-1944)
“Manitoba’s fur industry forges ahead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1933, page 44.
MHM Silverfox Estates - Birds Hill MB, Waymarking.
We thank Peter McLure and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 March 2023
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