Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wavecrest Cottage (140 Park Avenue, Winnipeg Beach)

This residential cottage on Park Avenue in Winnipeg Beach, built in 1930, retains its original shallow pyramidal roof and exposed wooden frame and rafters, expanded with a six-sided parlour section.

Wavecrest Cottage

Wavecrest Cottage (March 2018)
Source: George Penner

Wavecrest Cottage

Wavecrest Cottage (November 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Wavecrest Cottage

Wavecrest Cottage (May 2023)
Source: Glen Toews

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.50663, W96.97052
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Landmarks, Winnipeg Beach's Significant Heritage Buildings, Heritage Manitoba.

We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 27 May 2023

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