This monument in the Wasagaming community of Riding Mountain National Park was dedicated on 26 July 1933 by Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba James Duncan McGregor and Minister of the Interior Thomas Gerow Murphy.
Period
Superintendent
1933-1936
James Smart (1888-1957)
1936-1955
Otto Edward Heaslip (1890-1969)
1955-?
Kenneth Bruce Mitchell
Riding Mountain National Park monument (June 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.65862, W99.97091
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Birth Pangs of a National Park by Charles T. Thomas
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 15, Number 1, Winter 1970Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain Visitor Centre (Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain East Gate Entrance Complex (Riding Mountain National Park)
“K. B. Mitchell Riding Mountain Superintendent,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 1955, page 13.
Obituary [Otto Edward Heaslip], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 June 1969.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 October 2024
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