Historic Sites of Manitoba: Unknowns

Known Location, Unknown Building

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Location

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Unknown church building

Near Garland, RM of Ethelbert
(N51.64934, W100.46343)

26 April 2026: IDENTIFIED - Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

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Near Lenswood, RM of Mountain
(N52.31781, W100.95883)

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Near Duck River, RM of Mountain
(N51.90088, W100.24975)

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Near Melita, Mun. of Two Borders
(N49.30028, W100.95676)

26 April 2026: IDENTIFIED - Coulter United Church

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Unknown school building

Near Silver, RM of Armstrong
(N50.84705, W97.21897)

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Near Gimli, RM of Gimli
(N50.64586, W97.08840)

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Near Glenboro, Mun. of Glenboro-South Cypress
(N49.48301, W99.19918)

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Near Camper, RM of Grahamdale
(N51.06636, W98.22926)

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Near Lenswood, RM of Mountain
(N52.35614, W100.88334)

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Near Inglis, RM of Riding Mountain West
(N50.87481, W101.08866)

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Near Pierson, Mun. of Two Borders
(N49.28105, W101.35676)

26 April 2026: IDENTIFIED - Fulton School No. 1829

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Known Building, Unknown Location

If any of the following sites are found, we will want: 1) geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude), 2) photos, and 3) a description of the site.

Municipality

Site

Approximate Location

Comment

Alexander

Belair School No. 2165

?

Original log building; Lester family homestead

Bird River School No. 1700

N50.40707, W95.72064

Building is believed to be still present, 2023

Chevrefils School No. 2277

SW29-18-10E

Later used as a community centre

Lester Family Monument

Lester Boulevard

 

Alonsa

DU monument: Bluff Harbour

Reykjavik area

Dedicated in 1979 to State of Louisiana Governor (Edwin Edwards) who came for the dedication

DU monument: Lussier

Reykjavik area

North on Reykjavik Road on East side of road near its end; dedicated in early 1980s; concrete pad  for cairn was handmixed on site the day of or before the dedication and had not set up properly even at the dedication time

Elkwood School No. 1607

N50.72725, W98.85751

Original site

Patterson School No. 2128

N50.94845, W98.95134

Still standing at site as of 1993 (maybe coordinates a bit off); not found 7 November 2018

Argyle

Antonius School No. 2127

SE3-6-14W

Later used as a garage

DU monument: President Rod Hunter

Baldur area?

 

Frey School No. 890

NW24-6-14W

Later used as a garage

Oliver School No. 1766

NW17-6-13W

Later used as a garage

Tiger Hills School No. 335

NW7-5-14W

Later used as a garage; building not found, 2012

Zephyr School No. 1384

NE20-4-12W

Later used as a garage; building not found, 2012

Armstrong

Devonshire School No. 1865

SE12-19-1E

Possible school building still at site, 2010

Beausejour

Beausejour War Memorial

N50.05381, W96.50263

 

Brenda-Waskada

Princess School No. 410

N49.19012, W100.78169

Possible school building visible, 2013

Purple Hill School No. 487

NW35-3-25W

Later used for storage; building not found, May 2013

Cartier

Baie St Paul West School No. 534

St. Eustache

Local knowledge indicates building is still standing, circa 2020

Grain elevator

N49.9538, W97.85473

Possible Manitoba Pool A elevator moved from Fortier by Huron Hutterite Colony

Churchill

Sir Thomas Button

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque location unknown, not found July 2018

Clanwilliam-Erickson

DU monument: Proven Lake

 

South of Riding Mountain on West side of PTH 10

Dauphin (RM)

Aircraft from former Paulson Air Base

N51.10794, W99.85303

Visible in Google Earth, 2023

Stasiuk Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery

N51.3749, W100.17677

Site is on private property, up to 1 mile walk from nearest road

Deloraine-Winchester

Bidford Cemetery (until 1917)

N49.28122, W100.4196

The cemetery from pioneer days was located on the north west corner of 5-4-22W; in 1917, it was moved to the Deloraine location by Howard Boon and Mr. Wintle Sr. (Source: Our Heritage by Regent Women’s Institute, c1967, p 33-34.)

Mountainside General Store

N49.14231, W100.28775

Building visible in Google Earth, 2013

Dufferin

Babcock Cement Quarry

N49.469917, W98.453167

Located on private property

Ellice-Archie

DeClare School No. 353

McAuley

Later used as residence

Roselea School No. 278

SE10-15-28W

Later used as garage

Elton

Ontario Gothic House

NE12-12-19 WPM

Municipal historic site #386, designated 2014-2015

Fairford First Nation

Fairford HBC Trading Post

N51.60245, W98.7022

 

Fisher

Maidstone School No. 1555

 

A few kilometres away from present school next to Hwy 233

Ringrose School No. 2119

Fisher Branch

Near High School

Sylvan Glade School No. 1804

N51.06736, W97.40203

A commemorative plaque apparently at the site

Flin Flon

Mandy Mine

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Grahamdale

Larcombe School No. 1744

N51.08894, W98.06992

Perhaps walkable from Sleeve Lake Road to the north (about 0.5 mile), possible stone foundation at site

Parker School No. 1643

N51.27288, W98.33779

Foundation still present, May 2024

Springburn School No. 1770

N51.33257, W98.23936

Coordinates approximate; foundation still present, May 2024

Van Dusen School No. 1728

N51.7116, W98.62931

Building visible in Google Earth, 2011; Facebook photo (2015) shows building as collapsed with sign beside it

Grey

Oblate Sisters Convent

Fannystelle

Existing building, December 2023

Hanover

Jacob Peters Monument

N49.5311, W96.77154

In Reichenbach Cemetery; need photo of cemetery and monument

Harrison Park

Manuliak Family Monument

N50.65422, W100.48493

Coordinates approximate

Whirlpool School No. 2146

N50.61625, W99.90369

Monument has been erected at school site, May 2025; need photos and exact coordinates

Headingley

CKY Radio Building

?

 

Concrete Culvert Bridge

N49.879, W97.446

Approximate coordinates provided by Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure

Killarney-Turtle Mountain

DU monument: Lawrence Kelly, Paul Winslow

Near Killarney

 

Lac du Bonnet (RM)

Milner Ridge School No. 1859

N50.17167, W96.23937

Private residence, September 2013; probably east side of highway, extensively renovated, according to occupant of Golden Bay School)

Red Deer School No. 1916

N50.31167, W96.2605

Building visible in unclear photo, 2004

Smith Siding School No. 1847

N50.12058, W96.27193

Abandoned teacherage still at site along with hedge of lilacs on school grounds; monument erected, 2017

Lorne

Concrete Beam Bridge

Cypress River

Location unknown

St. Alphonse School No. 1001

St. Alphonse

School closed 1996

Louise

Huron School No. 215

NW16-1-10W

Later used as garage; location unknown

Londesboro School No. 114

NW32-2-10W

Later used as garage; location unknown

Mountain School No. 367

SW6-3-10W

Later used as residence; location unknown

Wood Bay School No. 307

SW6-4-10W

Later used as garage; location unknown

Minto-Odanah

DU monument: President Jack McKeag

North of Minnedosa?

 

Montcalm

UGG grain elevator

Christie Siding (N49.06127, W97.25965)

Elevator gone but approaches are still present

Mossey River

DU monument: Kristjanson Project

Red Deer Point

Dedicated in 1990s to a past Chairman of the Ducks Unlimited US Board

Mountain

Old Fort School No. 1868

N52.39033, W100.87424

Possible monument at site, 2015

St. Margaret’s Anglican Church

Mafeking

Need coordinates and photos

Norfolk-Treherne

Allandale War Memorial

 

Stone monument with inscribed names; photo on page 84 of Allandale Echoes local history book

North Cypress-Langford

Florence School No. 203

N50.3587, W99.13928

Monument coordinates possibly 1 mile too far east

North Norfolk

Concrete Granary

N49.8858, W98.89101

 

Concrete House

N49.89266, W98.8995

One storey

Concrete House

N49.85782, W98.84028

Poyser family residence

Northern Manitoba

Crane River Reserve Catholic Church Site

N51.51473, W99.26084

Municipal #340; church destroyed by fire but monument present

DU monument: Knapp Dam

 

Dedicated to Joseph Knapp in 1944; dam is now gone and monument site is unknown as the whole area was drained by PFRA as part of the Pasquia drainage project for farmland

DU monument: Mawdeley DelMar

Tom Lamb Wildlife Management Area

Del-Mar name for Delaware and Maryland, the US states that underwrote the original conservation works - might be on Little Frog Creek East of The Pas airport

DU monument: Robin Reader

Sask River Delta, Reader - Root Complex

Dedicated to long-time Ducks Unlimited Canada employee Robin Reader about 2012

DU monument: Steeprock Project

Pelican Rapids (N of Mafeking)

Ducks Unlimited Canada took over the dam from Hudson's Bay Company that had built it as a muskrat production marsh, probably in 1930s; take road to Pelican Rapids off Hwy 10; project is down a road to South

DU monument: Watchi Bay

Reader Root area

Off Hwy 10 before the airport turn off on a side road

Grand Rapids ?

?

Monument apparently erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

Jens Munk Expedition

?

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque #590, not found July 2018

Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre

Leaf Rapids

Need interior and exterior photos

Northland School No. 2199

N51.47939, W97.51185

Former school turned into hunting lodge; building visible, 2019

Rossville Mission

Norway House

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque #1539

Sunny Valley School No. 2027

SE33-28-1W

Building possible visible, 2011

Thomas Henry Peacock Lamb

Moose Lake

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque #1540

Oakview

DU monument: Dirty Lake

South of Basswood

Dedicated in 1990s; not found June 2018

Kerr Conservation Monument

N50.26323, W100.32298

Coordinates approximate

Marney School No. 275

N50.17111, W100.3375

Building still standing, 2016

Pembina

New Haven School No. 2110

N49.29877, W98.45971

Later used as workshop; coordinates estimated from apparent building visible in Google Earth, 2012

Portage la Prairie (RM)

Beaconsfield School No. 54

Farm site at 44066 Rd 68N

Old Roy farm

McConochie House

NW15-11-8W

Municipal historic site, 2014-2015

Prairie Lakes

Bank of Montreal Building

Belmont

Closed since 2015, photographs needed

Belmont Cemetery - Winter Vault

N49.40644, W99.47173

Photograph needed

Healey Conservation Monument

N49.42511, W99.54122

Unveiled by Manitoba Heritage Conservancy, coordinates approximate

Moggey Conservation Monument

N49.39027, W99.63

Unveiled by Manitoba Heritage Conservancy, coordinates approximate

Prairie View

DU monument: Butler

 

3 miles North and 1 mile West of Solsgirth

Riding Mountain West

DU monument: Lidcliff Marsh

 

Dedicated in late 1980s or 1990s; on PTH 16 1 mile North of Binscarth; go East approximately 5 miles"; not found, June 2018

Roblin

Steel pony truss bridge

NE of Bield

 

Rockwood

Tecumseh School No. 34

N50.04434, W97.39498

Later used for storage

Rosser

Manitoba Pool grain elevator

Sturgeon Creek Hutterite Colony

Formerly elevator from Headingley moved to site; present 2015

Russell-Binscarth

DU monument: Harris

 

Approximately 4 miles East of Russell on poor road

Russell Agricultural Society Centennial

Russell

 

Woodstock School No. 850

Binscarth

Later used as a residence, location unknown

Saint Andrews

DU monument: Goldeye Lake

N50.27057, W96.84965

Concrete monument bearing no plaque

Duncan McRae

Lockport

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Flour Mill

N50.08042, W96.94383

Abandoned; West side of River Road

Mapleton School No. 5

 

Later used as a residence, location unknown

St. Louis Cabin

N50.29943, W96.95888

Municipal heritage site #246; private residence on Netley Creek

Saint Clements

Brookside School No. 1546

N50.21648, W96.72635

Building maybe visible in Google Earth, 2012

Hoffer School No. 2399

NW25-15-7E

Colony school

Saint Francois Xavier

Concrete Culvert Bridge

N49.9131, W97.6761

Built 1917; coordinates approximate; Information from Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure

St. Francois Xavier School No. 1027

 

Later used as a residence, location unknown

Sainte Rose / Alonsa

Valpoy School No. 1896

N51.18405, W99.41914

Foundation present; building moved to other site?

Sifton

DU monument: Plum Lake Marshes

 

Off PR254 South of Oak Lake; West side of road a short distance where PR crosses Plum Creek

Souris-Glenwood

Railway Tunnel

Bunclody

 

Souris-Glenwood

Grain elevator

N49.63239, W100.07517

Concrete foundation at Hebron siding on Great Northern Railway; site may be one mile west of these coordinates

Springfield

Carrol Bridge

N49.958333, W96.410833

 

Corona School No. 1706

N50.00375, W96.92674

Mol studio in Assiniboine Park; maybe this is its teacherage, 2011

Orange Hall

Hazelridge

 

Sapton School No. 894

N50.01743, W96.7057

Sign at former school site, check coordinates and see if any remains of school at site

Stanley

Elam School No. 684

N49.17036, W98.24542

Original school site; coordinates approximate; need photo of sign at site

Stuartburn

Purple Bank School No. 682

Gardenton

Building from 1951-1952; later used as residence, now apparently vacant, location uncertain

Strand School No. 1433

N49.11218, W96.44993

Maybe building visible in Google Earth, 2005

Swan Valley West

Grain elevator

N52.21155, W101.25257

Private family elevator on West side of Hwy 10, north of Swan River

The Pas

DU monument: Bracken Dam

Just off the Carrot River

Dedicated in 1940 to US Sportsman who funded it; photos of dedication and plaques in Ducks and Men book

Hudson Bay Railway

VIA Rail Station

Plaque unveiled by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, September 2007

Middle Track

N53.82093371, W101.238085

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque #783

Two Borders

Cuthbert School No. 633

Pierson

Moved to Pierson and converted into private residence

Frank W. Boyd Wildlife Management Area

?

Large boulder with brass plaque attached

Unknown

The Wildlife Society monument: Robert Oetting

Mantagao Lake Wildlife Management Area?

Robert "Bob" Oetting worked for the Manitoba Wildlife Branch before moving to the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Jamestown, ND

Wallace-Woodworth

DU monument: Legacy Greenwing

Just west of Virden

Maybe by the Virden golf course

Galt School No. 628

N49.97518, W100.73681

Possibly a monument at site

Glenlorne School No. 2073

NW17-11-25W

Formerly used as shop, name above door, location unknown

Kola School No. 601

N49.85782, W101.36318

Building maybe visible in Google Earth, 2013

West Interlake

William Stark House (Glencorra Castle)

Near Ashern

Built circa 1935; 1 mile East and 2 miles North of Ashern

WestLake-Gladstone

DU monument: donor project

Lynch's Point

Maybe a walk in off PR242 on Lynch's Point Road

Steel Bridge School No. 2171

Langruth

Later used as residence, location unknown

Whiteshell Provincial Park

“Old Copper” in Manitoba

Nutimik Lake Museum, PR307

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque

Wild Ricing in Manitoba

Nutimik Lake Museum, PR307

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque

Winnipeg

Korean Veterans Monument

Brookside Cemetery

http://www.kvacanada.com/manitoba_remembers.html

La Chapelle de Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours

St. Norbert, 80 Rue St. Pierre

Provincial #39; Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Louis Riel

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Major-General James Wolfe

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

The Winnipeg Aqueduct

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Winnipeg's First Childrens Hospital

 

Manitoba Heritage Council plaque, location unknown

Woodlands

DU monument: Wayne Doherty

 

Doherty was a son-in-law of Harry Enns who died of mesothelioma and left an insurance policy to Ducks Unlimited; on a wetland between West Shoal Lake and PTH 518 North of Woodlands

Glennie School No. 1982

N50.21113, W97.96463

Approximate coordinates, maybe one mile to west

Overgrown race track

N50.13602, W97.62186

Visible in Google Earth, 2016

Reaburn School No. 1890

Woodlands

Later used as a garage, location unknown

Ulster School No. 1756

Warren

Later used for storage, location unknown

Yellowhead

DU monument: donors

Along Hwy 16 east of Shoal Lake

 

DU monument: Hertzak

 

1 mile South then East of Oakburn

DU monument: Timber

 

6 miles North and approximately 1.5 mile East of Oakburn

DU monument: Lorne M. Cameron

N50.47695, W100.5648

Approximate location

Sources:

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 3 May 2026

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