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Built as a temporary structure around 1903, the former Canadian Pacific Railway station at Ponemah in Dunnottar has been refurbished by a group of local volunteers. A growing collection of railway artifacts and community memorabilia are displayed inside the buildings. The museum is open weekends during the summer, June to September, or other times by appointment.
This area was developed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1903 when the rail line was built north from Selkirk, Manitoba to Winnipeg Beach through the areas named Matlock, Whytewold, and Ponemah now called the Village of Dunnottar (amalgamated 1948).
The area called Matlock was named for a town in Derbyshire, England.
The name Whytewold was named after Sir William Whyte who was Vice President of the CPR and an original summer resident.
Ponemah was named from Longfellows poem “Hiawatha” which meant “the land of the here after”, or where the birds go.
The rail line was later extended north to Gimli 1906 and to Riverton in 1914.
Visit the Dunnottar Station Museum...
https://dunnottarstation.org/museum/
