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Wolverine House and the Rise of Marchwell Chronicle
The article recalls Wolverine Hill and the Wolverine House settlement near Marchwell, detailing its store, mail forwarding, and Royal North West Mounted Police presence. It chronicles early homesteaders, explorers, and ephemeral farming ventures, with rail survey plans, local legends, and the district’s later decline as settlers moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelly
Royal North West Mounted Police
Ottawa
Arthur P. W. Coldsmid
Herbert R. Vyvyan
Woverine Farming and Trading Company
Wolverine House
Farming Company
Goldsmid
Vyvyan
North West
Major Boulton
Flynn
Flint
Wolverine
Rendall
Bennetts
Ayreshire
Scotland
Power
Erie Leas
Lochwood
Henry” Cooper MacDonald
Aberdeen
Frank L. Hart
Canada
Fred Doehering
Bismark
George Veal
James
Henry
Austin
Liverpool
Marchwell
Donnelly
Wolverine Creek
Frank Petch
Loptin
Hunt
Tillier
England
Robert Bertram
Ontario
Hart
Manitoba
Amos Trego
Johnsons
Denmark
Langenburg
Horatio Mea. Hows
J.P
Wallace
Meosomin
Assiniboine
Marquette
Fort Fellly
Bran Gon
Fort Fillice
Pictur
Manitoba North Western Railway
Harrowby
Stewart Blaise
McCallum
Russell
James Kippan
Spy Hill