Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Municipal Museum (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

This museum is situated at Whitemouth in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. The Beeskau-Alpers house was originally built by the Brissom family in 1880 and situated on Hospital Street in Whitemouth. Two additions were added to the original structure before 1910. When the Alpers family decided to build a new house, they offered this old one to the museum, and it was moved on to the grounds in 1976. Also on the museum grounds is a commemorative monument for physician Charlotte Ross and the millstone from a flour mill built and operated by Fred Zinke. His mill burned in the 1930s and was not rebuilt.

A plaque at the museum, dedicated by the Seven Sisters Falls Memorial Library, honours four local men who died during military service in the Second World War.

Log Artifacts Building at the Whitemouth Municipal Museum (October 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Whitemouth Municipal Museum (July 2020) Source: George Penner Whitemouth Municipal Museum (July 2020) Source: George Penner The former Whitemouth Christ Church Anglican at the museum (June 2012) Source: George Penner The former Beeskau-Alpers House at the museum (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina A former railway caboose at the museum (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina Ross commemorative monument at the museum (May 2020) Source: Rose Kuzina Zinke millstone at the museum (July 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95683, W95.97971 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Elmer Walter Blank [Lac du Bonnet, Whitemouth]	Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	18 April 1921	28 January 1945
Hugh Gordon Gillespie [Lac du Bonnet, Whitemouth]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	20 October 1909	14 November 1942
Donald Thomas Hudson [Lac du Bonnet, Whitemouth]	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 December 1924	7 March 1945
Raymond Clifford Ridge [Lac du Bonnet, Whitemouth]	404 Buffalo Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1 August 1922	8 March 1945

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Christ Church Anglican (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ross Flour Mill (RM of Whitemouth)

Sources:

Whitemouth Municipal Museum.

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

Page revised: 19 August 2025

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