A stone monument in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead commemorates the donation by Jean M. Chambers of land for a public park in memory of Andrew and Kirsty Marshall, and William Chambers. Unveiled in July 1938, it stands on the former site of Marshall House, an early stopping place for travellers on the Fort Ellice Trail.
Marshall-Chambers Park commemorative monument (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.37332, W100.62906
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Cemetery (RM of Ellice-Archie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Lions River Bend Park, Neepawa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Rosedale)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Ellice Trail Marker (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Agricultural Museum (Austin, Municipality of North Norfolk)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Marshall-Chambers Park Monument (RM of Yellowhead)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glacial Lake Agassiz Plaque (Arden, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tanner’s Crossing (Minnedosa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Third Crossing Monument (Gladstone)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: White Horse Monument (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Carlton Trail - First Western Highway by Frank Hall
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 14, Number 3, Spring 1969.
60 Shoal Lake Minutes, Shoal Lake History.
We thank Barb Henderson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 March 2020
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