Historic Sites of Manitoba: Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (RM of Armstrong)

This unassuming building on the west side of Provincial Trunk Highway 7, about 2½ miles north of Komarno in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, was built in 1947 by Steve “Crabby Steve” Maksymyk and operated as a dance hall until the late 1980s. The building had mostly collapsed by the time of a 2017 site visit.

The former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (June 2011) Source: Ken Jacobs The former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (April 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (April 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Aerial view of the former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (April 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (July 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina The former Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (June 2024) Source: Milan Lukes Site Location (lat/long): N50.54433, W97.23038 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Steve “Crabby Steve” Maksymyk (1924-2015)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba

Sources:

“Crabby Steve’s: they danced all night,” Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 24 August 1983, page 1.

“From CBC’s vault: Crabby Steve’s barn dances packed ‘em in,” CBC News Manitoba, 24 March 2015.

We thank Ron Johnson, Rose Kuzina, and Milan Lukes for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 November 2024

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