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A source of information on the history of Manitoba town names is Geographical Names of Manitoba, published in 2002 by Manitoba Conservation. Copies of this excellent soft-cover book are available in local libraries and bookstores. In addition to giving some details on the basis for town names, it also contains the basis for names of other landmarks, including some 4,000 lakes, islands, bays and other geographical features named after Manitoba's war veterans.
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Place Name
Municipality
Railway Subdivision
Post Office
Notes
Abbeville
1913-1928
Post office at 33-20-4W
Abbotshall
1916-1920
Post office at 2-28-15W
1889-1920
Former name: Whitewater
Acorn
1912-1917
Post office at 35-7-20W; former name: Beverley
Addingham
1899-1919
Post office at 34-15-9W
Alcock
Formerly Pulteney; Local Urban District
Allendale
See Solsgirth
Mennonite West Reserve
Altona (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Altona (west)
Former name: East Summit
Aneda
Also known as Worby
Armstrongs
Ashdown
Named for Isaac Ashe, the first Irish immigrant in the area, the original name of Asheville was later changed to Ashville.
Athapop
Atik
Atikameg Lake
1891-1906
Post office at 26-13-2W
Aulds
B
Babcock
Baden
Banting
Named for the secretary of the Red Deer Lumber Company that operated in the vicinity of Red Deer Lake
Baynham
Beacon
Bears
Named for MLA and Senator Aime Benard
Bergfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Bergfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Railway siding at NW3-2-2W
Bergthal
Mennonite East Reserve
Berton
See Helston
A long-abandoned railway siding in NW14-7-20W (about N49.57436, W100.09496); later a post office known as Acorn
Birch Bay
Blumenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Blumengart (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Blumengart (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Blumenhof (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Blumenhof (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Blumstein (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Blumstein (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Named by the Dominion Post Office at Ottawa for a character in Sir Walter Scott’s 1814 novel Waverley.
Brainerd
CNR Cromer
CNR Pleasant Point
CPR Broadview
CPR Carberry
CPR Lenore
CPR Rapid City
GNR Dakota
Brereton
1879-1917
Post office at 3-15-16W
1884-1917
Post office at 22-11-23W
Bru
Known originally as Hyndman, local resident David Saunders began referring to it by the name as his Scottish birthplace. [1]
Buchan
Burwalde (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Burwalde (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
1922-1932
Post office at 19-23-12W (1922-1927), SW6-23-12W (1927-1932)
C
Named for farmer and municipal official John Cardale.
Channing
Chattell
Chortitz (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Chortitz (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Cloverdale
1900-1925
Post office at 12-1-29W
Cossar
Craig Siding
Also known as Ste. Rita
Named for Dr. Byron Crandell
D
Daly
Post office at 12-10-28W (), 14-10-28W ()
Danielson
This siding was named for engineer Thomas R. Deacon.
Decimal
Dempsey
Dewitt
Dog Creek
Dry River
Dunallen
Dundee
Dunn
Dunston
Sources differ on the basis of the name for this railway siding. Geographic Names says it commemorates Winnipeg contractor W. P. Dutton. MHS sources indicate it was named for John Robinson Dutton (1855-1933), who resided just north of the site and provided land for the station.
E
East Summit
Renamed Ameer
Ebenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Ebenfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Edenburg
Mennonite West Reserve
Edenthal
Mennonite West Reserve
Edgewood
Eichenfeld
Mennonite West Reserve
Eigenfeld
Mennonite East Reserve
Eigengrund (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Eigengrund (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Former Mennonite East Reserve community located at SE2-7-5E
Eigenhoff
Mennonite West Reserve
Einlage
Mennonite West Reserve
Elkdale
Elliotts
Elm Grove
Embury
A railway siding at SW33-1-16W
F
Fairhall
Feisenton
Mennonite East Reserve
Fischau
Mennonite East Reserve
Fisher Bay
Flee Island
Floors
Floral
Known as Bridge Creek until 1890, thought to be named for explorer Sir John Franklin
Friedensfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Friedenshoff
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Friedrichsthal
Mennonite East Reserve
G
Gateside
Railway siding at SE11-2-5W
Glendale
Renamed Osprey
Glendenning
Glenlyon
Gnadenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Gnadenort
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Gowancroft
Grange
Greenwald
A long-abandoned railway siding at NW35-7-20W
Grossweide
Mennonite East Reserve
Jewish agricultural colony established by Eliezer [Leiser] Gruber and Hirsch Girtle
Gruenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Gruenfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Grund
Guilbault
Gull Harbor
H
Haas
Named for early postmaster Charles Hadash, located at the railway siding of Reynolds
Hainsworth
Hamburg (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Hamburg (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Harlington
Harrington
Harrison
A post office named West Hall was located north of this railway siding
Hayland
Hazeldean
A long-abandoned railway siding at SW11-8-20W
Formerly known as Berton
Heuboden (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Heuboden (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Hickey
Hochfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Hochstadt (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Hochstadt (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Hoffnungsfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Hope Farm
A railway station at 15-2-20W was established here in 1914 and a post office at SW4-2-20W opened in 1927 and closed in 1946.
Humsville
Huns Valley
Huntley
I
Indianford
J
Johnston
K
Kerfoot
See also West Kildonan and East Kildonan
Kilty
Kleefeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Kleefeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Kronsfeld
Mennonite West Reserve
Kronsgard
Mennonite West Reserve
Kronsgart (east)
Hanover
Mennonite East Reserve
Kronsthal (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Kronsthal (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
L
Landskron
Mennonite East Reserve
Langvale
Laurentia Beach
Established in 1896 and named Fosbery after early merchant and postmaster Arthur Fosbery (1872-?), it was renamed in 1897 after the election of Wilfrid Laurier
A stop on the Canadian National Railway that took its name from the nearby Leary Brick Works.
Lelant
Named for homesteader and municipal official William B. Lennard, who arrived in this area of western Manitoba in 1880.
Leon
Lester Camp
Lichtenau
Mennonite East Reserve
Lichtfeld
Mennonite West Reserve
Lidford
Lilyfield
Lobbville
Locre
Lonsboro
Louise
Named for postmaster Francis J. Lundy
Named for pioneer Amos Moore Lyle
M
Manhattan Beach
Northern Manitoba
Manlius
Maon
Marius
Marney
Marringhurst
Based on the Cree word for “oak,” the community centred around a post office opened at 16-10-23W in 1884, moved to 29-10-23W in 1906, and closed in 1939.
Also known as Mayfield
McArthur
A long-abandoned railway siding at SE13-9-20W
McKenzie
McLean
Mekiwin
Melton
Merle
SW2-26-15W
Millwater
The village of Millwood is located in the Assiniboine River valley near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border at 2-20-29W. It was founded in 1887 with the construction of the Manitoba and North-Western Railway line from Portage la Prairie to Prince Albert, North West Territories (now Saskatchewan). It is said to have been named for settler Henry M. Mould.
A community northeast of Deloraine-Winchester.
This railway siding was allegedly named by the railway for local farmer Alfred Mollard. [2]
Montrose
Moodie
Moore
Rosser
Moyer
Munroe
N
National Mills
Neubergfeld
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Neuanlage (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Neuanlage (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Neuenburg
Mennonite East Reserve
Neuendorf
Mennonite West Reserve
Neuhoffnung (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Neuhoffnung (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
North Star
Northern Manitoba
O
Oaknook
Oatfield
Formerly known as McKenzieville (Mackenzieville)
1942-1945, 1949-1971
Post office at Rivers Air Base
Olive
Ophir
Orrwold
Known originally as Glendale when it was established in the 1880s, this post office and station were renamed Osprey in 1919.
Osterwick (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Osterwick (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Known as Overstone until around 1939, it was changed to Overstoneville to avoid confusion with Overton
Overton
P
Paddington
Parkmount
Mennonite East Reserve
A point on the Canadian National Railway at 33-24-18W southeast of Dauphin.
Formerly St. Louis
Pigeon Bluff
Plympton
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Named for the Reverend Daniel Pomeroy, a post office operated at NW18-5-4W until 1929.
CNR Gladstone
CNR Harte
CNR Oakland
CNR Pleasant Point
CPR Carberry
CPR Minnedosa
Powell
Prairie Grove
Prospector
Prosser
Pulteney
See Alexander
Q
R
Ralston
Ranchvale
Mennonite East Reserve
Reids
Reinfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Reinfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Reinthal
Mennonite West Reserve
Reordon
Reynolds
A railway siding at the present-day site of Hadashville
Richland
Ridgely
Risteen
Robinson Spur
Roden
A long-abandoned railway siding at NW31-9-19W
Rosenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Local Urban District, Mennonite West Reserve
Rosengart (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Rosengart (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Rosenhof
Mennonite West Reserve
Rosenort (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Rosenthal (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Rosenthal (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Rudnerweide
Mennonite West Reserve
S
Saldo
A point on the Canadian Pacific Railway in the southeast quarter of 3-11-26W named by settlers James and Thomas Scallion.
Mennonite East Reserve
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoenau (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenau (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoendorf
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoenenberg
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoenforf
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenhorst (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenhorst (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoensee
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenthal (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenthal (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Schoenwiese (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Schoenwiese (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Semple
Shadeland
Shanawan
Shepardville
Silberfeld (east)
Mennonite East Reserve
Silberfeld (west)
Mennonite West Reserve
Simonhouse
Sinnot
Skalhot
Named for railway official E. Gordon Skelding
Named for railway official Valentine I. Smart
Snyders Siding
Originally known as Allendale
Mennonite West Reserve
Sourisford
Named for businessman J. R. Spear
Springhurst
Sproule
Spruce Creek
St. Louis
Renamed Petersfield
Also known as Craig Siding
Steinreich
Mennonite East Reserve
Stephanson
Stockport
Mennonite East Reserve
Strathewen
Suthwyn
T
Tannenau
Mennonite East Reserve
Tennyson
The Landing
The Narrows
Thibaultville
Thunderhill
Tod
Todds
Totonka
Townline
Named by early postmaster Peter McDougall for the Tummel River situated near his former home at Perthshire, Scotland. He communicated the suggestion to Henry Gill of Roblin who misunderstood it as Tumbell with the result that the post office went by this name until it was changed to Tummell in 1922. The second L was later dropped.
Turtle River
U
Umatilla
V
Valde Spur
Valley Stream
Velma
Viola Dale
Vollwerk
Mennonite East Reserve
W
Wadhope
Waldheim
Mennonite West Reserve
Waldon
Also known as Windleshaw and Zelena
A post office known originally as Victoria in Township 14-2E was renamed Wavy Bank, operating at 28-14-2E.
Named for cleric James Moncrieff Wellwood
Westgate
See Hathaway
Established in 1882 with the arrival in the area of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and named for the nearby Whitewater Lake, by the 1930s, the village consisted of a post office (opened 1889, closed 1964), two small general stores, one-room schoolhouse, small stone church, CPR station, grain elevator, and about a dozen homes. Renamed to Abigail.
CNR Emerson
CNR Carberry
CNR Gladstone
CNR Harte
CNR Oak Point
CNR Victoria Beach
CPR Glenboro
CPR Keewatin
CPR Lac du Bonnet
CPR La Riviere
CPR Winnipeg Beach
Winnitoba
Woodroyd
Worby
Also known as Arizona
Y
Z
Also known as Windleshaw and Ward
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Memorable Manitobans: Longest-Serving Municipal Reeves and Mayors
MHS Centennial Organization: Union of Manitoba Municipalities - Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities - Association of Manitoba Municipalities
The “Disorganized” Municipalities of Manitoba by C. E. Parker
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 11, Number 1, Autumn 1965With One Voice: A History of Municipal Governance in Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough, Association of Manitoba Municipalities, 2008.
1. “Prairie sentinel toppled,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 18 July 1984, page 1.
2. 100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality, 1982, page 301.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Error processing SSI fileDeath registration [John Robinson Dutton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
We thank Leona Devuyst, Ernest Braun, Leinita Woods, Linda Dutton, and Larry Walton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 November 2024