Historic Sites of Manitoba: Garson Garage and Service Station (163 Garson Drive, Garson, RM of Brokenhead)

This one-storey wood frame building at the northwest corner of Garson Drive (original Trans-Canada Highway) and Gillis Street in Garson, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, was built in 1932 by proprietor Ed Strandberg (?-?) as a garage and service station. It originally featured a single repair bay and two gasoline pumps that sold Radio Oil brand gasoline. One of two service stations in Garson, Strandberg ran the business for a number of years before renting it to Les Zigarliski. Nick and Walter Skrupski operated it from 1946 to 1950.

Garson Garage and Service Station (1960) Source: Garson Then and Now 1890-1990: Garson and Lyall, Prosperity and Garson SD 1375 by Garson and District History Book Committee, June 1990, page 89. Former Garson Garage and Service Station (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Former Garson Garage and Service Station (January 2025) Source: Jordan Makichuk Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.07727, W96.70447 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Radio Oil Refineries Limited

Sources:

Garson Then and Now 1890-1990: Garson and Lyall, Prosperity and Garson SD 1375 by Garson and District History Book Committee, June 1990, page 89.

This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina, Jordan Makichuk, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 July 2025

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