Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum

Visiting the Museum

The museum is now closed for the season, but appointments can still be made for private visits. Please contact one of the Museum Directors to make arrangements.

Also, please contact one of the directors or email cphmuseum@gmail.com for any concerns or information.


2025 - Spring is here!

News

The April Newsletter is now available.

Museum will be open from May 17, 2025 until Sept. 6, 2025
Tues.-Sat. 12:00pm - 6:00pm

A huge thank you to Re Uz It in Flin Flon for the funding in 2024. The museum has used the funding from Re Uz It Flin Flon to start updating & replacing current paper signage with sublimated metal signage throughout the museum. This will portray a more professional & long term solution for both exhibit & informational signage. This will be an ongoing project so come and check it out as it progresses

T-SHIRTS NEW colors, LOTS of SIZES from YOUTH to XXL ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE @ MUSEUM

  • YOUTH $20.00

  • ADULT $25.00

  • COME CHECK THEM OUT AS SOON AS MUSEUM OPENS IN MAY WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXCITING NOVELTY ITEMS Coasters, Key Chains, Fridge Magnets GET THEM BEFORE THEY ARE GONE MAKES FOR A GREAT KEEPSAKE OR GIFT

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSEUM. YOUR GENEROSITY IS NOTED.


ARTISAN MARKETS:

Another successful summer of markets @ museum in 2024 . 50/50 winners $100.00 each (number pulled when each board is completed)

  • June/July Board #1 - Kirk Leptick
  • July Board #2 – Doreen Bieker
  • Aug Board #3 – Katrinia Reber
  • Aug Board #4 – Leon Gryba
  • Sept Board #5 - Ernie Fullerton
  • Sept Board #6 - Crystal Banting
SUMMER RAFFLE DRAW MADE @ ARTISAN MARKET SEPT. 7 TH

WINNER – JAN MODLER of Flin Flon who kindly donated the Cowboy picture back to the museum for a second draw which was won by ROBERT SKIPPA of Denare Beach.

This has been a very successful fundraiser for the Museum and we THANK ALL who purchased tickets.

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Membership details here.

Your MEMBERSHIPS and/or DONATIONS support the museum by helping offset the operational costs including staffing. A small price to pay to ensure our history can be shared with your children and grandchildren.

  • Individual Memberships $20.00 per year
  • Family Memberships $45.00 per year
  • Institutions $100.00 per year

Family History details here.

In e-transfer, please provide name, postal address, e-mail and/or phone # in notes & Indicate what your money is for: Membership, General Donation, or a Donation ‘In Memory of ??? Charitable Receipts for donations over $20.00 will be issued for tax purposes.

The museum has a wall of Family History booklets completed by many of the Cranberry Portage families and these are very popular to visitors. If you have not submitted yours, Family History Questionnaires are available from the Museum.

Over the years the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum has received donations from individuals/businesses In Memory of a Loved One. These have been acknowledged on our Donations Page. The executive has now decided to separate these from the regular Donations and will be making up a new acknowledgement book and these donations will be posted yearly on our Website and Facebook page.


We are now set up for e-transfers to cphmuseum@gmail.com.

In the comment portion please provide us with your name, postal address, e-mail and/or phone # as well as indicate what your money is for: ie: memberships, general donations, or In Memory of ???. Receipts (if over $20.00) will be mailed to you for tax purposes.

To purchase a membership or to make a donation drop into the museum or contact Mabel Brewer, the Museum treasurer, at 204-472-3031


Volunteering

Anyone interested in volunteering to help out with suggestions or work projects in any way please let one of the directors know. This is your Museum and we need your help. We look forward to seeing everyone as soon as possible.

- Courtesy of North Of 54 Cinematography, this YouTube video provides a tour of the museum and its many offerings.


- Summers in Northern Manitoba - from TravelManitoba, this YouTube video provides a tour of the museum and its many offerings.


NEWS LETTERS

A Quick Tour of the Museum

Canvas-covered cedar canoes were the common form of transportation until the advent of aluminum boats in the 1960s.

Interior of a cabin reconstructed. Living space was cramped, furniture rudimentary, and running water non-existent.

Kicker motor for a canoe, early power saw and other basic tools

Cranberry nurses fondly remembered

Cabinet with beadwork objects

Early telephone

Clothing and equipment from the past

Toys from long ago

Background Articles

The Museum Project 1978-2005

The initiative for the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum began with Homecoming Celebrations in 1978 and the historical display in the Bayview Theatre ...

The Museum Project 2010-2017


The realization of the Cranberry Portage Heritage Museum came with a massive effort by community members past and present ...

Canada 150 Celebration

June 24, 2017

About the Museum