This ghost town, located immediately north of Manitou, in the Municipality of Pembina, was doomed when the Canadian Pacific Railway passed just south of it, through newly surveyed Manitou. Most of the buildings were moved to Manitou although it is said that some remained as recently as the 1960s.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24765, W98.53330
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitou Memories by Thomas Turnbull
MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1956-57 SeasonHistoric Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba City School Houses (215-219 Fuller Avenue, Manitou)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 February 2021
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