HERITAGE REGION
HISTORICAL SITES

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Boissevain (204) 534-2433
· Outdoor Art Gallery - 18 murals
· St. Matthews Anglican Church
· Manitoba's First Explorer's Plaque
· St. Paul's United Church - 1893


Cartwright (204) 529-2363
· Blacksmith Shop
· "Clay Banks" Buffalo Jump
· Anglican Church - 1898
· United Church - 1899
· 8th Campsite of the NWMP - on Badger Creek 2 mi. north of Cartwright
· Cairn at Old Cartwright


Clearwater (204) 873-2591
· Anglican Church - 1889
· CPR Water Tower
· Postage Stamp Province Cairn


Crystal City (204) 873-2591
· Thomas Greenway Cemetery


Darlingford (204) 242-2838
· Memorial Park Chapel
· LaVerendrye Park - Cairn - junction of PTH 3 & 31
· Calf Mountain Mound


Deloraine (204) 747-2655
· Coal Carts and Mines
· Old Deloraine 1880 - Stone bank vault
· Presbyterian Church - 1896 - Now Prairie Skills Centre
· Newcomb's Hollow - Mural
· 10th Campsite of the NWMP - 6 mi. southwest of Deloraine


Emerson (204) 373-2002
· Fort Dufferin - cairn plaque
· Historic buildings
· Dufferin Nature Trail
· Bronze Statue of NWMP officer
· Old Anglican Cemetery
· 2nd Campsite of NWMP - 8 mi. west of Emerson


Goodlands (204) 673-2401
· Coal Mines 1883-1945
· United Church - 1902


Gretna (204) 327-5578
· Mennonite Collegiate Institute - 1889 - oldest Mennonite Secondary School in Canada.
· Original cast iron Boundary Markers - 1873
· Peace Bell in Gretna Centennial Park - 1884 - rung every Remembrance Day.
· Post Road Cairn - junction of PR 243 + 30
· Gretna Cemetery - 1896 - Red Granite Monument
· Historic buildings
· Marker - Oakview Golf Course - 3rd Campsite of NWMP
. N.W.M.P. Carin - plaques


Holmfield (204) 523-7058
· Holmfield Flour Mill
· Old Vault at Holmfield


International Peace Gardens - 534-2510
· World's Largest Garden
· Floral Clock
· Peach Chapel
· Peace Tower


Killarney (204) 523-7247
· Historical Mural
· Heritage House
· 9th Campsite of the NWMP - 12 mi. southwest of Killarney

Kaleida (204) 242-2838
· Anglican Church and Cemetery


La Riviere (204) 242-2838
· CPR Station Historic Site


Letellier (204) 737-2271
· Cairn - Probable Burial Place of Explorer La Verendrye


Manitou (204) 242-2515
· Home of Nellie McClung, Archibald Historical Museum
· Opera House
· Pembina Crossing School - 1st in area - at Manitou Centennial Park


Mather (204) 529-2363
· Centennial Stone


Melita (204) 522-3413
· Sourisford Park - Pioneer Log and Fieldstone Homes
· Indian Burial Mounds
· Buffalo Jump
· Tee Pee Rings
· 11th Campsite of the NWMP - 8 miles south of Melita


Morden (204) 822-5630
· Cairn - Ft Pinancewaywinning - Morden Park
· Van Gertz Cottonwood - Manitoba's Largest Tree - 1891
· Leo Mol Statue - Kinsmen Suncatch
· Mural - 1873 Crossing of the Dead Horse Creek by Her Majesty's North America Boundary Commission
· Mural - Prime Minister Sir John A. Mcdonald's 1886 visit to Morden by train
· Mural - N.W.M.P. Officer
· Heritage homes and buildings
· Pembina Hills Regional Art Gallery


Pembina Crossing (204) 242-2838
· Pembina Crossing Church and Cemetery


Pierson (204) 634-2231
· Butterfield Church


Pilot Mound (204) 825-2587
· Pilot Mound "Little Dance Hill" - 2 mi. N. of town
· Pioneer Memorial Cairn
· Wilson Heritage House
· Wood Bay


Plum Coulee
· Old Town Bell Tower


Purves
· 7th Campsite of the NWMP - 1 mi. north of Purves


Reinland (204) 822-6251
· Post Road - Main Street
· "Capital" of the Mennonite West Reserve
· Western Canada's oldest Mennonite Church - 1876
· 4th Campsite of NWMP - ½ mi. southwest of Reinland


RM of Stanley (204) 822-6251
· Alexandria Cairn - 2 miles west of Stanley Park - south of Morden
· Mountain City Cairn - south of Morden
· Nelsonville Church and Cairn north of Morden
· Glencross Church and Cemetery - Cairn - south of Morden
· Allard's Point - south of Morden
· 5th Campsite of NWMP - 6 mi. south of Morden
· Boundary Commission/N.W.M.P. cairn - 6 mi. south of Thornhill
· 6th Campsite of NWMP - 2 mi. southwest of Darlingford


William Lake Provincial Recreation Area
· Turtle Back Mound and Tower


Waskada (204) 673-2401
· Indian Medicine Wheel and Tee Pee rings
· Lowe Farm Natural Grasslands
· Buffalo Wallows
· Visible Section of original Boundary Commission Trail
· Waskada Park


 

For more information contact:
Boundary Trail Heritage Region Inc.
Box 64, Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada, R0K 0L0
Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada R0K 0L0
Phone: 204-529-2590 Fax: 204-529-2288
web site: www.bthr.ca
email: edocart@hotmail.com

 

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