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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lowes Homestead Monument (RM of Cornwallis)

This monument, dedicated on 4 July 1981, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Lowes family in the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis. In 1881, John Wesley Lowes and his wife Sarah homesteaded SW32-9-19W and their son James A. Lowes homesteaded E32-9-19W. Another son was Thomas H. Lowes.

Lowes Homestead Monument

Lowes Homestead Monument (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.79151, W100.00775
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Hetherington Lowes (1872-1953)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 January 2021

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