Manitou – Community Histories

The Cassin Family owned two hotels. The first was the Stewart House Hotel which was built in Manitoba City and moved to Manitou in 1884. The second, the Cassin House Hotel, which they built after the first one burned.
The collection includes many photos of Manitou people and events.

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Manitou was served by an acetylene gas plant from 1906 to 1926. The gas plant building still stands in north west Manitou. Lorne Thompson researched this architecural artefact as part of a Heritage Manitoba project.

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Although missing the last pages, this mimeographed yearbook celebrates the students attending Manitou Collegiate in 1936-37.

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The Manitou Collegiate Institute Year Book 1940-41.

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A short biography of Thomas.

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One of a series of intervews of Manitou community elders compiled by Bette Mueller.

This one features Eileen Thompson.

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Al Thorleifson received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Historical Perservation and Promotion 2017 for his work on the Pembina Manitou Archive, the Manitou Opera House Accessibility Project and numerous other community based projects promoting historical research.

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A short history of the Manitou local of the United Grain Growers Association.

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This scrapbook describes the Voth family history, of their coming to Canada, and of settling in the Manitou district. It also provides a summary of their business ventures in the district.

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One of the first plays written about the work of Nellie L. McClung.

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