This monument at Gladstone, in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, marks the third point where pioneers traveling on the Fort Edmonton Trail from Upper Fort Garry to Fort Edmonton forded the Whitemud River. The settlement that arose at this point, in July 1871, was Palestine. It was incorporated as Gladstone in 1882. Plaques on the monument commemorate the 75th and 100th anniversaries of the town.
Third Crossing Monument (August 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.22921, W98.95743
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Cemetery (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Lions River Bend Park, Neepawa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Rosedale)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural Museum (Austin, Municipality of North Norfolk)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Marshall-Chambers Park Monument (RM of Yellowhead)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glacial Lake Agassiz Plaque (Arden, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tanner’s Crossing (Minnedosa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Third Crossing Monument (Gladstone)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: White Horse Monument (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Carlton Trail - First Western Highway by Frank Hall
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1969.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 January 2021
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