Historical Markers in the Parkland Region

By Jimmy Emerson, Sept 2023

Dauphin Railway Station Marker

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1 ► Manitoba, Dauphin — Dauphin Railway Station / Gare de Dauphin —

Dauphin Railway Station Railway service became essential as Manitoba was opened to settlement and agricultural commerce during the 1880s and 1890s. In one of the province's greatest waves of construction, first the Canadian . . . — — Map (db m289845) HM

2 ► Manitoba, Dauphin — Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection / L'Église Catholique Ukrainienne de la Résurrection —

Built between 1936 and 1939, the Church of the Resurrection is a proud testament to the cultural and spiritual strength of Ukrainian settlers in the Dauphin area. This "prairie cathedral" was designed by one of the early builders of . . . — — Map (db m229428) HM

3 ► Manitoba, Neepawa — Beautiful Plains County Court Building — Le Palais de Justice de Beautiful Plains —

Beautiful Plains County Court Building The need for public buildings such as court houses and town halls accompanied the settlement of Western Canada. A town's future as the administrative centre for a newly settled region could . . . — — Map (db m288756) HM

4 ► Manitoba, Neepawa — The Beautiful Plains County Court Building —

During the Manitoba land boom of the late 1870s and early 1880s settlers from Ontario were attracted to the Beautiful Plains area. The town of Neepawa was incorporated in 1883 and became the county seat the following year. The County . . . — — Map (db m288755) HM

5 ► Manitoba, Riding Mountain West Municipality, Inglis — Elevator Five - The Paterson Elevator — Lélévateur numéro cinq - L'élévateur Paterson —

Elevator Five - The Paterson Elevator The Paterson Elevator was one of the four original elevators in the community of Inglis in 1922. Typical of thousands of Standard Plan elevators built on the prairies in the golden age of the . . . — — Map (db m306671) HM

6 ► Manitoba, Riding Mountain West Municipality, Inglis — Inglis Grain Elevators —

This impressive grouping of five standard-plan wooden grain elevators is a rare survivor of the long rows that once dominated Prairie towns. The row was built between 1922 and 1941, Manitoba's golden age of elevators, by a cross-section . . . — — Map (db m8491) HM

7 ► Manitoba, Riding Mountain West Municipality, Inglis — Inglis Grain Elevators — Les Silos-Élévateurs d'Inglis —

Inglis Grain Elevators The grain elevator, once the most striking built feature of Manitoba's rural landscape, was introduced in the 1880s. It created a more efficient method of grain handling than the previous process of . . . — — Map (db m288854) HM

8 ► Manitoba, Riding Mountain West Municipality, Inglis — The Reliance Grain Company - La Reliance Grain Company — The Murphy Foundation - La Murphy Foundation —

The Reliance Grain Company The Murphy Foundation Gabriel B. Murphy was a successful grain and livestock farmer near Carberry, Manitoba before forming the G.B. Murphy Company in 1903. After acquiring several . . . — — Map (db m306674) HM

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