Land drainage in the Rural Municipality of Morris has been occurring since the late 1890s. Sometime after the McColl Survey was completed in 1916, the Shannon Creek Drain was completed in the Kane-Lowe Farm area, with the Tobacco Creek Spillway completed a few years later.
Tobacco Creek Spillway (March 2012)
Source: Lorne Thompson, RM of Morris
Tobacco Creek Spillway (July 2023)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.39895, W97.71070
denoted by symbol on the map above
We thank the Rural Municipality of Morris and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 September 2023
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