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This site in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie was the former Delta Marsh Field Station, an environmental education and research facility of the University of Manitoba. Established in 1966 by Jennifer Mary Shay, it was based around Mallard Lodge, a two-storey hunting lodge built in 1932 by Winnipeg businessman Donald Henderson Bain. The facility closed permanently in 2011 due, in part, to flood damage sustained during unusually high water levels on adjacent Lake Manitoba.
Period
Director
1966-1986
Jennifer Mary Walker Shay (1930-2018)
1986-1988
Philip Kenneth “Phil” Isaac (1928-2021)
1988-1996
Gordon George Christopher Robinson (1941-2020)
1996-2010
Mallard Lodge (1940s)
Source: Donna Pim
Interior of Mallard Lodge (1940s)
Source: Donna Pim
Mallard Lodge (July 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Mallard Lodge (January 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Mallard Lodge in background and storage building in foreground (January 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18397, W98.38191
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Donald Henderson “Dan” Bain (1874-1962)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oxbow Woods (RM of Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: UFS Reference Collection
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
Delta Marsh Field Station Archive
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Taiga Biological Station (Eastern Manitoba)
We thank Donna Pim and Rose Kuzina for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 March 2024
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