Historic Places ln Southwestern Manitoba Map #1 / Pierson - Melita

Post Offices Beverley 30-4-28 April 1,1894 - 1897 Frederick T. Tigar Butterfield 36-1-29 1884 - 1904 Established by James Dann then kept by Henry Dann from 1884-1889 when it was taken over by C. P. Wilcox until 1892. Then, Andrew Maitland kept it until its closure in 1904.  The family also kept a Halfway House on Boundary Commission Trail. Cameron 31-1-27 1903 – 1927 W. D. Hamilton. Copley 12-1-29 1900- 1925. Charles Reid Coulter (Village) 2-2-27 1904 – 1988 Alf Gould Coultervale 16-1-27 1893 - 1927 F. Coulter Name Change from Coulter to  Coultervale 1898 Elva 24-3-28  1890 18-3-27 (Village)  1918 – 1980 H.J. Archibald Eunola 6-4-28 1889 -1893 James A. Paisley Lyleton 10-1-28 1890 21-1-28 - 1929 Mr. Andrew Lyle  Manchester / Melita 36-3-27 – 1884 Town 1890 Mr. R. M. Graham started a small store in the new town of Manchester, and in 1884 the residents of the district petitioned the Dominion Government to have a Post Office opened in this embryo city. The petitioners were advised that a Post Office would be opened there, but as there was already a post office named Manchester, a different name would have to be chosen. Melita was chosen. Melita Established on the original (Manchester) site in 1884 Moved to the new site when the railway arrived. Pierson 1892 James F. Dandy, Postmaster. Mr. Robert James Tooke of Pierson was responsible for service between Pierson and the train station. Sourisford 22-2-27 1884 – 1920 During the summer of 1882 a small store, opened by Warren and Snider in a tent, and a regular Post Office was installed there, the name of it being "Sourisford". The post office remained there until the railway was built to Coulter and Lyleton in June 1903. Then the store was moved to Pierson by Mr. Gould. (see footnote) Alfred Gould was Postmaster at Sourisford from 1884-1896 and following his resignation David Elliott from 1896-1920. Schools Arthur School District #494 (1887-1958) NW Corner 15-1-26. Belfry School District No. 626 (1891-1956) SW12-4-28 SW5-4-27 Beverley School District No. 1344. (1906 – 1946) SW 35-4-29 moved to SW 26-4-29 in 1912 Brown’s School District #625 (1892 – 1959) NE 22-4-27 Butterfield School No. 1328 (1905 - 1943) SW 15-2-29   Copley School No. 839 (1895 – 1955) Located initially near S 4-1-29W, it was moved to SW16-1-29W in 1931. (SE 11-1-29 moved to SW 16-1-29 about 1931/1932) Coates School District #1091 (1910 – 1934) SW 35-4-29 moved to SW 26-4-29 about 1907 SE 25-4-28? Coulter School District # 1772 (1915 – 1957) Coultervale School  District #515 (1888- 1968) SE 16-1-27 Eunola School No. 921 (1899 – 1962) SE11-4-29W First- SW 7-4-28 It was moved to SW2-4-29W in 1900 and to SE11-4-29W in 1918. Elva School District #694 (1891 – 1974) 25-3-28 2km N & 1 km W of where the village Village 18-3-27 – 1890’s Fulton School # 1892  (1919 – 1933) NE 32-3-29 Lyleton School District  #731 (1893 – 1971) SE 15-1-28 Old school sold and torn down.  School bell saved in and mounted in Lyleton Park Melita School District #440  (1886 – Present) Melita Mb. First site - SE corner of 2-4-27 North Antler School No. 514 (1888 - 1951) NE 9-2-28 1897 - moved to SE14-2-28 Peninsula School No. 907 (1897-1961) NW 35-2-27 Established in April 1897, the school was merged into Melita Consolidated School No. 440 in January 1961.  Pierson School No. 685 (1892 – present) SE 1-3-29 Roblin School No. 1046 (1899 - 1947) SW 33-3-28 Sourisford School District #906 (1899 – 1961) NW 29-2-27 South Antler School District #351 (1915 – 1954) SE 6-2-27 White School #1326 (1902 – 1912) Wicks School No. 1436 (1907 – 1953)  SW 21-3-29 Rural Churches Copley Anglican Church Ruins SE 14-1-29 301.B.1 1892 / Deconsecrated 1913 Historic Sites Teepee Rings and Stone Images NW 8-1-26 Rural Cemeteries Copley Cemetery SE 14-1-29 301.F.2 1892 Coultervale Cemetery NW 22-1-27 99. F.3 1898 Lyleton Cemetery NE 10-1-28 301. F.2 1890 -93 GPS: 49* 1.785’N  101* 8.938’W Other Sites 1. Dobbyn City 2. Land Title Office 3. Souris City 4. Boundary Commision Crossing Pre-Contact Sites 1. Brockinton Site 36-1-29 153. F.1 400AD on 2. Sourisford Linear Burial Mounds SE 22-1-28 99. F.4 1956 www.virtualmanitoba.com