Heritage Explorer

Description

(1882) Turtle Mountain City existed for not even a year before the town of Waubeesh appeared not a mile to the north.

Stories

The Boiler Trail

(1880 - 1882) The Boiler Trail provided a detour around the muddiest section of the Boundary Commission Trail.

Turtle Mountain City and Wabeesh

(1881 – 1887) Waubeesh grew out of Turtle Mountain City and was looking towards a bright an busy future until the railroad bypassed the town by two kms.

Other Features Nearby

Boiler Trail

(1880 – 1885) The Boiler Trail provided a detour around the muddiest section of the Boundary Commission Trail.

CPR-Pembina Branch to Deloraine

The CPR reached Deloraine in 1886.

Mennonite Cemetery

(1925 – 1968) The first cemetery of the Mennonite Church in southwest Manitoba.

Mennonite Church

(1939 – 1960) Mennonites from Eastern Europe and Russia immigrated to the Whitewater area in 1923 and built this church.

Waubeesh

(1883 – 1887) Waubeesh flourished where Turtle Mountain City did not, but only for a few years before being bypassed by the railroad.