Ingelow, Manitoba

Ingelow
Unincorporated community
Ingelow is located in Manitoba
Ingelow
Ingelow
Ingelow is located in Canada
Ingelow
Ingelow
Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 99°36′20″W / 49.99028°N 99.60556°W / 49.99028; -99.60556
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Census DivisionNo. 7
MunicipalityNorth Cypress – Langford
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNBC CodeGALNF[1]

Ingelow is an unincorporated community in North Cypress – Langford, Manitoba, Canada.[1][2] The settlement is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Brandon.

History

Originally called "Woodlea", settlers arrived in the area in the 1870s.[3] The Woodlea School District was established in 1887, and Woodlea School opened in 1889.[4] A post office opened in 1899, and remained open until 1970.[5] Construction of a branch of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Woodlea began in 1907.[6] Each station name on the railway west of Portage la Prairie began with a consecutive letter of the alphabet, and Woodlea—located between "Harte" and "Justice" stations—was renamed "Ingelow", after English poet Jean Ingelow.[7][8][9] The first train arrived in Ingelow in 1909.[6]

The early settlement had a store, two grain elevators, an outdoor hockey rink, and a baseball and hockey team.[6] A curling rink was built in 1939.[6] St. Johns Presbyterian Church operated from 1909 to 1965, and a community hall operated from 1917 to 1977.[6][10]

Woodlea School—renamed Ingelow School in 1923—remained open until 1960, when it consolidated with Brookdale Consolidated School No. 1299.[4]

A cairn commemorating St. Johns Presbyterian Church and the community hall was unveiled at a ceremony in Ingelow in 1979.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ingelow". Natural Resources Canada. February 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "North Cypress". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Becker, Pearl. "The Early Settler of Woodlea District, now Ingelow, 1875 - 1983". In Becker, Pearl (ed.). Early settlers of Woodlea, now Ingelow. Manitoba Local Histories. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b Drysdale, Allan; Goldsborough, Gordon (February 4, 2021). "Woodlea School / Ingelow School No. 560 (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)". Manitoba Historical Society.
  5. ^ "Ingelow". Library and Archives Canada. July 20, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e Ruckle, Caroline. "Our Town of Ingelow". In Becker, Pearl (ed.). Early settlers of Woodlea, now Ingelow. Manitoba Local Histories. pp. 5, 7.
  7. ^ Place-names of Manitoba. Canadian Board on Geographical Names. 1933. pp. 11, 45.
  8. ^ Colombo, John Robert (1984). Canadian Literary Landmarks. Dundurn. p. 218.
  9. ^ Storie, Ken (2014). "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Rivers, Manitoba" (PDF). Rivers Train Station Restoration Committee.
  10. ^ a b Drysdale, Allan; Goldsborough, Gordon (May 31, 2020). "Ingelow United Church and Community Hall Monument (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)". Manitoba Historical Society.


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