MHM Town of Gretna / North West Mounted Police - Manitoba Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

There are actually two separate plaques, one on each side of a small cairn that has an anvil on top of it.

Marker Name: Town of Gretna and North West Mounted Police Languages: English Location: Park on Hespeler Ave at Mill Road Gretna Marker Text: (1) Town of Gretna Situated on the 49th Parallel separating Canada from the United States, the town was created along the C.P.R. railway in 1881, and became a customs post in 1883. Gretna was named after another border town, Gretna Green in Scotland, where runaway couples were married by a blacksmith at his anvil. The town was the site of the first standard elevator in Western Canada, erected by Oglivie Milling Co. Gretna is also the site of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute, the oldest co-educational private high school in Western Canada. The M.C.I. has one of the finest acoustical concert halls in Western Canada, Buhler Hall. (2) North West Mounted Police In 1874, during their historic trek across the prairies to bring law and order to Western Canada, the North West Mounted Police passed through this area. Their first camp site after leaving Fort Dufferin (Emerson) was two kilometers north of here in a bluff of oak trees, where the Oakview Golf Course is now situated. Agency: Not listed Website: Not listed Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/10/2011 PeterNoG visited it