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ANGUSVILLE HERITAGE CENTRE
The Ukrainian community in and around Angusville built the Angusville People's Home of Ivan Franco in 1934. Members of Ukrainian National Home Societies established theatrical groups, choirs, reading and political discussion clubs, and sponsored a variety of other cultural and social activities. The halls (or "national homes") were constructed to showcase these events and names commemorated important individuals in Ukrainian history. The Angusville Hall with its three domes or "banyas" is one of only a few in Manitoba. Download a PDF 96KB for more information about this historic place.
BARNARDO CAIRN
In 1889, Dr. Thomas Barnardo opened a home in the R.M. of Russell for homeless and destitute children. Barnardo Homes also existed in England and Australia providing care for nearly 60,000 children.
The Barnardo Home and Superintendent's House was closed in 1908 and a cairn was erected where several of the boys who had lived at the home were buried.
Five vintage elevators stand watch over the nearby community of Inglis. This row is the last remaining example of the great elevator rows built in the 1920's - Canada's "golden age of grain handling". These prairie sentinels have been designated a National Historic Site. An interpretive centre and gift shop is open to the public. Future plans include an operating elevator and opportunities for new businesses to open inside two of the elevators or ancillary buildings.
The Museum houses an Indian Artifacts Collection, farm-related equipment and two bedrooms, a summer kitchen, a chapel, a milk house and a general store all with appropriate furnishings.
Of particular interest is the skull of an extinct bison. Only three skulls remain in North America.
FRANK SKINNER ARBORETUM TRAIL
A self-guided three km trail is located at the nursery of one of Canada's most innovative horticulturists, Dr. Frank Skinner. The original acreage and trail are a Provincial Historic Site and highlight some of the 150 plant varieties developed to survive prairie winters. A heritage garden was recently added. This site is located eight km north of Inglis on Highway #83.
The Boulton Manor, on Memorial Avenue in Russell, was home to Col. C.A. Boulton who organized and led the Boulton Scouts in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The Northwest Rebellion Monument, at Westbourne and Memorial, honors two Boulton Scouts. Boulton Manor is now a Bed & Breakfast.
In 1908, Romanian Orthodox pioneers settled in the area north of Inglis and built what is now the oldest and only church of its kind in Canada. This Provincial Heritage Site is also home to the only surviving Romanian folk home in Manitoba, constructed in 1906.
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