This cottage, on Lake Drive in Ponemah, was built sometime before 1939 by its first owners, twin brothers Roderick Lionel Vincent (1891-1956) and Demill Wallace “Wally” Vincent (1891-?). It has its original windows, doors, and siding. The Boy Scouts' camp would use this site to set up their tents.
Vincent Cottage (November 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.46612, W96.95183
denoted by symbol on the map above
Birth registrations [Roderick Lionel Vincent, Demill Wallace Vincent], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Roderick Lionel Vincent], Winnipeg Tribune, 26 October 1956, page 24.
Dunnottar Inventory of Heritage Sites, Make History: Preserve Manitoba's Past - Special Places, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport, 2010.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 August 2024
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