Historic Sites of Manitoba: Big Grass Marsh Monument (Plumas, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

A plaque beside the Plumas Community Hall, in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Ducks Unlimited Canada and its 1938 project to restore the Big Grass Marsh.

Big Grass Marsh commemorative monument

Big Grass Marsh commemorative monument (July 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Big Grass Marsh commemorative plaque

Big Grass Marsh commemorative plaque (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews

Big Grass Marsh commemorative monument

Big Grass Marsh commemorative monument (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.38736, W99.08691
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Big Grass Marsh Monument (Gladstone, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Big Grass Marsh Monument (Langruth, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Duck Factory No. 1 Building (Oak Hammock Marsh, RM of Rockwood)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ducks Unlimited Monuments

Manitoba Organization: Ducks Unlimited Canada

Sources:

We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 August 2023

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