This location in the Municipality of Pembina is believed to be the former location of a brickyard established around 1900 by local farmer and carpenter Murdock McLean. Bricks from the facility were used to construct several homes in the area, including McLean’s own home (about N49.33333, W98.65589, now gone) as well as the Shewfelt House and DeVloo House at Kingsley, Deamel House at Archibald (about N49.31175, W98.65964), and Currie House at La Riviere. Yellow-coloured bricks are scattered around an agricultural field at the site.
McLean House built around 1900 with bricks made at the McLean Brickyard (no date)
Source: Chris Thompson
Kingsley School built in 1907 with bricks made at the McLean Brickyard (no date) by Gerhard G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 77.
Bricks scattered in an agricultural field at the suspected brickyard site (May 2015)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.30004, W98.66110
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Murdock McLean (1838-1910)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kingsley School No. 221 (Municipality of Pembina)
Turning Leaves: A History of La Riviere and District by LaRiviere Historical Book Society, c1979, page 204. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.L38Tur]
This page was prepared by Chris Thompson and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 March 2023
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