Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques
Postage Stamp Province
1. Installed 1961 - Hurst Park - Winnipeg Beach
2. Installed 1983 - PTH 59, 2 km north of PTH 12 - Grand Marais
3. Installed 1983 - Customs Property - PTH 89, Piney
4. Installed 1987 - Oak Point Chalet - PTH 6 at Oak Point
5. Installed 1987 - Williams Park - Gladstone
6. Installed 1987 - North Side, PTH 23 - East of Mariapolis
Here ran the original boundary of the Province of Manitoba. On July 15, 1870 Manitoba officially became a Canadian province. It then measured about 130 miles east to west and 110 miles north to south, with an area of 13,928 square miles. Its size and shape gave it the nickname "the Postage Stamp Province." Boundaries were extended in 1881 and 1912.
