A small wooden building in Napinka, in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, was built in 1925 as a storage place for firefighting equipment. Through the 1930s and early 1940s, it was also used as a restroom where farm women coming into town with their families could relax, converse, and attend to children.
Napinka Fire Hall (September 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Bell tower on the Napinka Fire Hall (September 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.32396, W100.84061
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
“The Most Humane Institution in All the Village”: The Women’s Rest Room in Rural Manitoba by Donna Norell
Manitoba History, Number 11, Spring 1986
Bridging Brenda, Volume 1 by Brenda History Committee, 1990, page 299.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 7 October 2023
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