Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives / Mennonite Educators Monument (600 Shaftesbury Boulevard, Winnipeg)

This facility in Winnipeg, on the campus of the Canadian Mennonite University, holds the records of the Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Central Committee, Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, Evangelical Mennonites Mission Conference, Prussian and Russian Mennonite community documents, and the personal papers of many individuals. On the grounds in front of the building is a monument commemorating a pair of noted Mennonite educators: Heinrich H. Ewert and David Toews.

Mennonite Heritage Centre

Mennonite Heritage Centre (June 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Mennonite Educators Monument

Mennonite Educators Monument (June 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85702, W97.23235
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Heinrich H. “Henry” Ewert (1855-1934)

Memorable Manitobans: David Toews (1870-1947)

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Maria Zbigniewicz.

Page revised: 4 April 2021

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