This concrete dam is on the Souris River, six miles south of Melita in the Municipality of Two Borders. Measuring 35 feet by 140 feet with a six-foot head, it was built between 1937 and 1938 by the A. W. Heise Construction Company of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Along with another dam east of Melita, it was built under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act (PFRA) of 1935.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17265, W101.03074
denoted by symbol in the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Souris River Control Dam No. 1 (Souris River, Municipality of Two Borders)
“Dams at Melita,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 September 1937, page 11.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 20 September 2026
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