10. 300 First Avenue Built in 1911 and in 1921 became the home of one of Manitoba's first female law students.Changes had to be made to the Law Society Act to include women as "persons" before Melrose Sissons could be accepted to the college of law and her admittance to the bar in 1915. She married another lawyer and fought for women's rights as a homemaker and community volunteer. 11. Rosamond Road This cairn is on the site of the former four-room Rosamond School. The cairn also marks locations of 14 one-room schools and the two-room Glencairn School which were sites of education in McCreary and District. 12. Catholic Cemetery This site was set aside as a cemetery in 1905. Interments in various locations previous to that date were disinterred and moved by horse and wagon to be reinterred at this site. The early Burrows Trail passed directly through this site. |
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2003 Nancy Buchanan & the McCreary Heritage Advisory Committee |