Watrous Manitou Beach Heritage Centre - Watrous
About Watrous Manitou Beach Heritage Centre
A number of interested individuals began meeting in the Fall of 2011 with the goal of the establishment of a Heritage Centre and Museum for the Watrous area. As of March 5, 2012, the Town of Watrous established the Board tasked with preserving the history of Watrous & area, and with the goal of putting up a facility to house artifacts and archives. Temporary exhibits were set up at the Heritage Room, the Gallery on 3rd, and at Manitou Springs Hotel. The volume of archival material and artifacts emphasized determination to create a home for our history.
Of particular note was that a home was needed for the historic building scale models built by Orin McIntosh. Also, the CBK Radio Transmitter building, which had fallen into disrepair, was due to be demolished and there were many items to be saved and preserved from it. Additionally, the stories of the unique history of Manitou Beach needed to be told. Included here is the First Nations artifact collection donated by the Leslie Farago family.
The Centre attained charitable status and, after a successful capital campaign, was able to purchase the current facility on Main Street, Watrous, in 2018. The doors opened to the public in 2019.
Contact Watrous Manitou Beach Heritage Centre
| Address : | 403 Main St, Watrous, SK S0K 4T0, Canada |
| Phone : | 📞 +977 |
| Website : | http://watrousheritage.ca/ |
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Sterling Bjorndahl on Google
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Brenda Shukin on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Janice, was there to meet our group when we arrived. She was so very pleasant and knowledgeable. We were excited about this museum as we made many visits to Watrous and Manitou Beach as children. Janice was very happy that we shared our experiences at the pool and the beach. Highly recommend this tour. Thank you Janice for making our afternoon visit memorable.
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andrene naytowhow on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The lady tour guide was very nice to us. I felt very welcome walking in to the building. She is very informative I learned alot about the CKB radio station, the salt waters and the people. I loved it. She invited us to come back.
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