Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lac du Bonnet Memorial Hall / Lac du Bonnet Royal Canadian Legion Hall (45 McArthur Avenue, Lac du Bonnet)

This one-storey building on McArthur Avenue in Lac du Bonnet, was originally built as the Lac du Bonnet Memorial Hall. On 26 September 1945, a charter for the Lac du Bonnet Legion Branch No. 164 was received and, on 11 March 1948, the branch rented space in the building.

In 1967, the town took control of the hall from the Memorial Centre Committee and, in 1972, sold it to the Legion Branch. In 1977, the building was expanded at a cost of about $40,000.

Branch Presidents

Period	Principal
1945-1946	S. H. Tomlinson
1947	M. W. Torrance
1948	W. Kennard
1949	A. Hallick
1950	J. J. Watkins
1950	R. Freund
1951	H. Wells
1952	E. Rousseau
1953-1957	F. Hanton
1958-1960	Russell Phillips Waters (1920-1981)
1961-1962	A. Campbell
1963-1964	E. Sharkey
1965-1966	A. Wood
1967	Russell Phillips Waters (1920-1981)
1968-1969	R. Foubert
1970	Frank Robert Ehinger (1927-1995)
1971	E. Sitar
1972-1973	I. Harkness
1974-1975	Frank Robert Ehinger (1927-1995)
1976-1979	R. Foubert

Photos & Coordinates

Lac du Bonnet Royal Canadian Legion Hall (March 2025) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25636, W96.06286 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lac du Bonnet War Memorial (Lac du Bonnet)

Sources:

Logs and Lines From the Winnipeg River: A History of the Lac du Bonnet Area by the Lac du Bonnet History Book Committee, 1980, pages 147-148, 157-158.

This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 10 December 2025

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