This site in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie was the former Delta Marsh Field Station, an environmental education and research facility of the University of Manitoba. Established in 1966 by Jennifer M. Shay, it was based around Mallard Lodge, a two-storey hunting lodge built in 1932 by Winnipeg businessman Donald H. Bain. The facility closed permanently in 2011 due, in part, to flood damage sustained during unusually high water levels on adjacent Lake Manitoba.

Mallard Lodge (1940s)
Source: Donna Pim

Interior of Mallard Lodge (1940s)
Source: Donna Pim

Mallard Lodge (July 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18397, W98.38191 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Donald Henderson “Dan” Bain (1874-1962)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oxbow Woods (RM of Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: UFS Reference Collection
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
Delta Marsh Field Station Archive
Sources:
We thank Donna Pim for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 May 2020
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