Margaret is an unincorporated place in the

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(previously

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) in southwestern

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. It is located on Manitoba Highway 346, north of

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, about midway between Dunrea, to its east, and

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, to its west.

Attractions

Margaret is home to the Margaret school monument, a cairn that commemorates all the schools that once operated in the vicinity. Margaret was once home to both a Manitoba Pool

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and a

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elevator. The Pool elevator ran from 1928 until 1981, before being closed down and later demolished. The UGG elevator ran from 1926 until 1977 and was also later demolished.

References

{{MBDivision5 Unincorporated communities in Westman Region