This small wooden building in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements is one of the last remaining older buildings in the village of Libau. It was a blacksmith shop that did welding and machine repairs, operated by Polish immigrants Otto Domke (1901-1994) and his wife Louise Elgert Domke (1907-2009) after they arrived here in 1928.
Domke Blacksmith Shop (July 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Domke Blacksmith Shop (July 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Domke Blacksmith Shop (July 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.26922, W96.71944
denoted by symbol on the map above
Heritage Treasures of Red River North, Heritage Manitoba.
East Side of the Red: A Centennial Project of the Rural Municipality of St. Clements 1884-1994 compiled by the St. Clements Historical Committee, 1984.
Obituary [Otto Domke], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1994, page 40.
Obituary [Louise Elgert Domke], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 2009.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 10 August 2024
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