This two-storey hotel and restaurant on the north side of Highway #2 at Fannystelle, in the Rural Municipality of Grey, was sometimes known as the “Pink Hotel” because of a colourful repainting that it underwent later in its life. A colourful mural on the west side, featuring women in agriculture, was painted by artist Stephen Phillip Jackson. The hotel was destroyed by an arson fire on 31 March 1994. The site was later used by another building that has since been moved to Oak Bluff.
Fannystelle Hotel (circa 1990)
Source: Elaine Janke
Mural being painted on the Fannystelle Hotel (circa 1990)
Source: Elaine Janke
Fannystelle Hotel (August 1993)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.74257, W97.77753
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Arson blamed in hotel blaze,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1994, page 9.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Elaine Janke and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 May 2025
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