Historic Sites of Manitoba: Teulon and District Museum (Green Acres Park, Teulon)

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Among the contents of the museum are the buildings for Armistice School No. 2043 and Hartley School No. 878, a Ukrainian log house, a shoe repair shop, a machine shed containing agricultural implements, St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a railway caboose.

A feature of the museum is the 1905 home of local physician Alexander J. Hunter who, during the course of nearly 40 years residence in Teulon beginning in 1903, left an indelible mark on the community. While performing missionary and medical duties for local Ukrainians, he established a lodging for nurses, built the first hospital, and established the Teulon Boys’ Home (1911) and the Teulon Girls’ Home (1918). The Hunter House was moved to its present site in March 1985 and became a municipally-designated heritage site in 2000.

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church was built in 1922 at a location along Highway 7, between Third and Fifth avenues, in Teulon. It was moved to the museum in 1987.

Also on the museum site is a monument commemorating the pioneers of the Teulon district. The first homesteaders arrived from Ontario in 1874 and started a settlement at Foxton, two miles southeast of the present Town of Teulon, which originated in 1898 with the arrival of the first train.

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Aerial view of the Teulon and District Museum (June 2021) Source: George Penner Hunter House at the museum (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, with Hartley School in the background (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church at the museum (October 2015) Source: George Penner Interior of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church at the museum (September 2017) Source: George Penner Shoe repair shop and settlers’ cottage at the museum (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Hartley School at the museum (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Armistice School (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 83. Hartley School (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 15. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.38195, W97.25449 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Alexander Jardine Hunter (1868-1940)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Armistice School No. 2043 (RM of St. Andrews)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hartley School No. 878 (RM of St. Andrews)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Dr. Hunter House, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Teulon and District Museum [accessed 7 July 2019]

We thank George Penner and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 January 2022

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