Isabella, Manitoba

Isabella is a settlement in Prairie View Municipality, Manitoba, Canada. People first began to settle in the Isabella district in the late 1870s. People came to Isabella by various means: foot, ox-cart or horse and wagons.

Isabella
Isabella Location of Isabella in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°16′1″N 100°52′24″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman Region
Census Division	No. 15
Government
• Governing Body	Prairie View Municipality
• MP	Dan Mazier
• MLA	Greg Nesbitt
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code	R0M 0Y0
Area code	204
NTS Map	062K07
GNBC Code	GALPJ

A post office was established on 16-15-25W in 1906 and was named after a Scottish woman, Isabella Gould Taylor, who was the oldest person in the district at the time. The School District was also established about this time. There was no railway into the town of Isabella until 1909 when the Canadian Northern Railway was built from Hallboro to Isabella.^[1] It still contains a store (which is a museum), and 4 other museums (Heise house, Iverach house, The store, The barn, Doran house),a graveyard, and a post office/hall. The post office is still in-use, and is used by various residents of the town. It is virtual ghost town today.^[2]

References

1. Geographic Names of Manitoba, Millennium Bureau of Canada, p. 120
2. Redekop, Bill (April 13, 2012). "Museums keep tiny towns' homes alive: Curator preserves rural heritage". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved March 7, 2013.