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History of The
Burrows Trail Arts Council The name was chosen through a contest held in 1986. The name originates from a trail developed by the Dominion Government to facilitate the settlement of the Dauphin region, during the 1890’s. Between 1891 and 1903 a regular stage-coach service transported mail and passengers to various points along it’s length. It was used extensively until the Canadian National Railway was constructed through the district in 1903. The route of this trail originally followed the Arden ridge to the “Birnie corner”, then followed the foot of the Riding Mountain to McCreary and beyond. We felt this name had a local history, but was vague enough in geographic boundaries to include most of the seven towns we are presently serving. Johanna Desrosiers’ daughter submitted the name. Our office was originally in the Shaw’s building beside the library on Burrows Road. We moved to the Morden house across from the Royal Bank in 1989 and then into the Village Complex on 2nd Ave. We receive funding from the Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism in the form of a consolidated operating & program grant. We also receive support from the Municipalities we work in. Originally we served McCreary, Alonsa, Glenella, Riding Mountain, Kelwood, Laurier and Ste. Rose. As we lost volunteer support from Laurier and Ste. Rose we ceased to serve those areas. Our aim is to bring exposure and developmental programming to the communities we serve in the areas of culture and the arts. (visual, literary, and performing) We have a board with members representing each town we serve, comprised of 4 executive members and 4 to 11 members at large. |
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