Stuartburn, Manitoba

For the rural municipality, see: the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.

Stuartburn is a small, primarily Ukrainian community in southeastern Manitoba, Canada and situated in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn. Stuartburn is considered to be the first Ukrainian community in Western Canada.^[1] The first Ukrainian immigrants arrived in Winnipeg in July 1896 en route to Stuartburn.^[2]

It is also a little-known fact that the first Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada was established in Stuartburn in 1896 (Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Canada), one kilometre east of Stuartburn. The original burned down, and it took over 20 years to rebuild. During the reconstruction, mass was held wherever available, the hall, barn or the local clergy's house, until the church could be rebuilt. Entirely of wood, the massive eight-sided construction has a 25-foot-wide (7.6 m) and 20-foot-high (6.1 m) dome. Outside on top of the dome is yet another, mini-dome with beautifully crafted wrought iron.

The town is located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) west of Vita on Provincial Highway 201.

It is also the name of the rural municipality in which it is located. It borders the rural municipalities of Franklin, Hanover, La Broquerie, and Piney, as well as Kittson County and Roseau County in Minnesota in the United States.

References

↑ Toronto Ukrainian Genealogy Group. "The history of Ukrainians in Canada". Retrieved 2008-04-06.
↑ Jones, David C. (1988). Building Beyond the Homestead. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-919813-07-0.

External links

Stuartburn community profile

Division 1, Manitoba (Eastern Manitoba)

Towns	Lac du Bonnet Powerview–Pine Falls

Local government districts	Pinawa

Rural municipalities	Alexander Lac du Bonnet Piney Reynolds Stuartburn Victoria Beach Whitemouth

First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Buffalo Point Iskatewizaagegan 39 Shoal Lake 40

Indian reserves	Buffalo Point 36 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part)

Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division 1

Unincorporated communities	Arbakka Badger Caliento Elma Gardenton Hadashville Hillside Beach Piney Prawda River Hills Ste. Rita St. Georges Seven Sisters Falls South Junction Sprague Stuartburn Sundown Vassar Vita Whitemouth Zhoda (part)

See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

Coordinates: 49°08′01″N 96°45′47″W / 49.13361°N 96.76306°W / 49.13361; -96.76306

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