Beaver Rapids, Beaver Fort, Beaver Creek, MB

Descriptions taken from Geographical Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, c. 2000:

Beaver Rapids:  Southwest of Russell. The Post Office opened in 1883 on 14-16-29W, closed in 1902, reopened in 1902 on 4-16-29W and closed permanently in 1905. Located on Beaver Creek. Also a School District on SE 8-16-29W. 

Beaver Fort: South of Russell. A Hudson's Bay Company post before 1821 (later replaced by Fort Ellice nearby) near the mouth of the Qu'Appelle River (Douglas 1933). Probably named after the nearby Beaver Creek which flows northeast into the Assiniboine River.  The creek was shown correctly on a Fidler map (1819) and earlier as Beaver Brook on a Thompson map (1813-1814).

The Manitoba Historical Society locates Beaver Rapids Cemetery in the RM of Ellice at N50.35641, W101.38463.  Located on Hwy 41 approximately 12km north of McAuley, MB on the west side of the highway.  Is is sometimes referred to as the Sand Plains Cemetery. A number of my SELBY family members are buried here.

 

Beaver Rapids Cemetery, RM of Ellice, Manitoba

Bibliography References Above:

Douglas, R. - 1933, Place Names of Manitoba. Geographic Board of Canada, Department of the Interior, Ottawa.

Map References Above:

Fidler, Peter - 1819, A Map of Man netow oo pow Lake. Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba - B22/e/1/1d.

Fidler, Peter - 1819, A Map of Red River District. Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba - B22/e/1/1d.

Thompson, David - 1843, Map of the North-West Territory of the Province of Canada - from Actual Survey During the Years 1792-1812. Made for the North West Company in 1813 and 1814 and delivered to the Honourable William McGillivray, then Agent.