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108 The Badger Creek Museum in Cartright showcases local artifacts collected from the area. They also have rural agricultural and family life historical pieces. The museum is open from June to September by appointment. Donations accepted. location: Heritage Park p: 204-529-2363 Ben Edom Pioneer Home has been relocated to house artifacts in their authentic settings. location: Heritage Park p: 204-529-2363 See what the blacksmith once did at the Blacksmith Museum in Cartright. Located on the site of the original town blacksmith shop, the museum is a fully restored and operational blacksmith shop. It's open by appointment and donations are accepted. p: 204-529-2363 The Cartwright School Museum shares the experience of visiting an early pioneer school. The displays feature the many things you would have found in such a school. Open from June to September by appointment. Donations accepted. location: Heritage Park p: 204-529-2363 Explore the early years of telephone service in the province ath the Manitoba Telephone System Museum in Cartright. It is set up like an early telephone office. Open from June to Sept. by appointment. location: Heritage Park p: 204-529-2363 The original community post office – the Mather Post Office – has been moved to Heritage Park in Cartright and is open from June to September by appointment. location: Heritage Park p: 204-529-2363 Crystal City See how printing used to be done at the Crystal City Community Printing Museum. This museum houses western Canada's largest collection of century- old printing machinery and it's still in perfect operating condition. Printing of the local paper was done here from 1881 until 1952. The printing business in the original building used letter press machinery. It's a provincial heritage site, open year-round from Monday to Friday by appointment. Admission charged. location: 212 Broadway St. S p: 204-873-2293, 204-873-2260 Come in for a coffee and a friendly visit at Lillian's Tea Room in Crystal City. This very small and quaint tea room serves homemade biscuits, muffins, scones and a variety of flavoured teas too. It's located in an old telephone building. Open year-round, from Tuesday to Friday. location: 210 Broadway St. S p: 204-873-2150 Elgin The Elgin and District Historical Museum inc. shares memories and memorabilia of the past. A military memorial pays tribute to those who have served. Visit the sod house and see what a pioneer home was like, complete with period clothing, working windmill, and agricultural machinery. There's even a 1940's snow plane, tools, school and sports memorabilia, family histories and obituaries. Open weekends July to September or by appointment. location: 131 Main St. p: 204-769-2002 Elkhorn If you love charming old cars, be sure to visit the Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum in Elkhorn. They have over 100 vintage vehicles with models from 1908 to the 1960s. There are also some native artifacts, steam engines, farm machinery and antiques. Open daily from May to September and by appointment. Admission charged. location: on Trans-Canada Hwy. p: 204-845-2161, 204-845-2604 w: www.mbautomuseum.com b b b Foxwarren The Foxwarren Memory Garden in Foxwarren remembers is a beautiful flowered area dedicated to the memory of the pioneers. See over 800 handcrafted stepping stones, beautiful flowerbeds and over 450 perennials growing along curved pathways on one acre of land. Open from spring to fall. Guided tours by appointment. Donations accepted. p: 204-847-2162, 204-847-2218 w: www.mts.net/~foxsen/town Glenboro Stop in Glenboro and say hi to Sara the Camel. She's seven metres tall, a symbol of the Spirit Sands and a piece of the prow of the SS Alpha – a steamboat that went aground from the Assiniboine River in 1885. location: Camel Park at the junction of Hwy. 2 and 5 Check out Erny's Little House near Glenboro. It's an interesting place with a collection of different things to see. Check out their antiques, dinosaur bones, newspapers, old sewing machines and more. Open year-round, by appointment. Admission is free. location: Hwy. 2, 3 mi. east of Glenboro, 2 mi. north, ¼ mi. east p: 204-827-2444, 204-526-5324 w: ernyslittlehouse.weebly.com/ On the Assiniboine River, near Glenboro, the Stockton Ferry is the last remaining operating river ferry in Southern Manitoba. b Sara the Camel – Glenboro WESTERN