This monument in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm stands beside the Marais Memorial Hall. The hall was constructed here in 1926 by community volunteers and was designated a “temperance hall”. It complemented the church a mile south and the school across the road to the west. The hall was the focal point of the community: hosting suppers, dances, family gatherings, ploughing matches, whist drives, Mother’s Day teas, and the annual Christmas concerts. It survived floods of 1950, 1974 and 1997. The plaque was unveiled on 2 July 2000. Another plaque on the monument, unveiled in July 1930, lists the names of pioneers in the Marais district between 1870 and 1890.
At the time of a site visit in October 2020, the hall was no longer there.
Marais Pioneers Monument (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Marais Memorial Hall (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Former site of the Marais Memorial Hall (October 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07461, W97.30257
denoted by symbol on the map above
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 October 2020
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