Heritage
A History of the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead
By Edna J. Kozyra ( and excerpt from "They Stopped At A Good Place: A History of the Beausejour, Brokenhead, Garson and Tyndall Area of Manitoba")
The Rural Municipality of Brokenhead was created by an Order-in-Council to which assent was given on July 5, 1900. Proclamation was issued November 3, 1900 and the effective date was November 15,1900 (Cap.36, Manitoba Statutes, 1900.). The “new” Municipality was formed by reducing the areas of the R. M. of Springfield and the R. M. of St. Clements.
The first Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, upon its formation, was F. McCowan, and the new Municipality was administered by the St. Clements secretary-treasurer, W.R.Young. The first councillors were: J. Reed (St.Ouens), A. H. Boyd (Cromwell), W. Bachman (Beausejour), and E. Jones (Tyndall).
The first Assessor of the municipality was W. Trouton of Beausejour. Council meetings were held at the call of the Reeve and sometimes began as early as seven o’clock in the morning. In 1902, E. A. Dugard, formerly a Councillor at St. Clements, was elected Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, and the Councillors were: J. Reed (St. Quens), C. W. Boyd (Cromwell), J. Keilback (Beausejour), and J. Little (Tyndall).
- H. Cornish was appointed secretary treasurer in 1903, and C. A. Madden was elected Reeve. The administration moved into its first Municipal Hall located on the main street in Beausejour. William Bethel was the assessor.
Brokenhead/Beausejour Sandpit
The area East of the Red River was used by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. With the arrival of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Northwest Company it became a source of furs for trappers and as a source of food, hay and fuel wood for Lower Fort Garry and the Red River Settlement.
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Post Offices
Past Councils
Heritage Families
The RM of Brokenhead Heritage Advisory Committee has identifed Families that have owned or resided on the same land for 100 years or more.
This is not the same as Manitoba Heritage Farms or Century farms as that is a program that individual families must persue with the province and the Manitoba Historical Society.
The 1920 tax rolls were compared to the current tax rolls to determine the families that qualify.
A monument honouring these family name shas been erected in front of the RM of Brokenhead Office.
Bachman
Baker
Batenczuk
Bauschke
Black
Boleschuk
Borysowich
Briese
Brzoza
Bukoski
Bush
Buss
Charney
Chipelski
Chorney
Craplewe
Dalke
Dancho
Ewasko
Gmiterek
Gmitrowski
Golembioski
Greschuk
Haligroski
Hastman
Hladun
Holigroski
Holyk
Horbaty
Horosko
James
Joba
Kazina
Keilback
Klapprat
Klos
Klym
Kolton
Kowalchuk
Krawchuk
Krebs
Kryschuk
Kubes
Kulbaba
Kuzmack
Lachowski
Lahosky
Lanowy
Lashek
Leiman
Litke
Luchishin
Mariash
Martini
Matychak
Mazur
Modrzejewski
Mozel
Naurocki
Neduzak
Novakowski
Omichinski
Ottenbreit
Paseshnik
Peitsch
Peluk
Pescitelli
Pleskacz
Popiel
Przednowek
Rattai
Recksiedler
Reihl
Richter
Ryback
Saluk
Schewe
Schreyer
Schultz
Schroeder
Shumilak
Singbeil
Semchuk
Small
Smith
Smolinski
Staska
Stefaniuk
Steffes
Strecker
Swirski
Switek
Szajewski
Towle
Turner
Urbanski
Weselak
Winkler
Wurch
Wychreschuk
Zapatotski
Heritage Sites
The Manitoba Historical Society has identified many of Brokenhead's Heritage Sites
Brokenhead Publications
Heritage Maps
RM Heritage Map of schools, churches and post offices.
1926 Manitoba Road Map
1928 Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highways Map
The first Provincial Trunk Highways in Manitoba were numbered in 1926.[3] The original Highway 1 was one of nine highways fanning out from Winnipeg, but was different in that it fanned out from the west and the east. Highway 1 was routed via many already-existing highways and provincial secondary roads.
Manitoba Heritage Road Map
Land Ownership 1923
Land Grants
