This monument in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone commemorates the 2001 donation of land here by Bruce Seddon and Philip Seddon for conservation of wildlife habitat. The land had been homesteaded by their grandfather, Thomas Marchington (1869-1939), starting in the 1880s.
Seddon Conservation Monument (August 2021)
Source: Jenna WiebeSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.48394, W99.12298
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Organization: Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation / Manitoba Habitat Conservancy
“Grandfather's homestead donated to wildlife preserve,” Brandon Sun, 7 January 2001, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jenna Wiebe and Jessica Bos (Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation) for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 November 2023
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