This one-storey brick and stucco, Streamline Moderne-style building is at the northwest corner of Dunraven Avenue and Overton Street in St. Vital (now part of Winnipeg). Measuring 30 feet by 38 feet, it was built between 1949 and 1950 by day labour for the Winnipeg Electric Company. It served as a local substation to provide electrical power to nearby home and businesses.
In 1953, operation of the substation was taken over by the Manitoba Power Commission, predecessor of Manitoba Hydro. At the time of a 2022 site visit, the building was relatively unmodified from its original appearance.
Former Winnipeg Electric Company Dunraven Substation (July 2022)
Source: Jordan MakichukSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86554, W97.10928
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Winnipeg Electric Railway Company / Winnipeg Electric Company
Manitoba Business: Manitoba Power Commission / Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board / Winnipeg Hydro / Manitoba Hydro
“St. Vital sells land to WEC for substation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 September 1949, page 3.
St. Vital fire insurance map, #4 November 1961, City of Winnipeg Archives.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Property Details [25 Dunraven Avenue], Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 9 May 2026
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