Historic Sites of Manitoba: Woodside / Second Crossing Monument (RM of Westbourne)

In 1872, the first European settlers to this region of Manitoba arrived at a site where a Red River Cart trail crossed the Whitemud River, establishing a community that they named Second Crossing, in what became known as the Rural Municipality of Westbourne. Two years later, it was renamed Woodside due to the abundance of wood nearby. At one time, Woodside had daily train service, a railway station and loading platform, stock yards, section house, two stores, school, and post office. By 1992, when this monument was erected, only the post office remained and it closed the next year.

Woodside / Second Crossing Monument (August 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.18067, W98.76767 denoted by symbol on the map above

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Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 May 2012

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