Isabella | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Isabella in Manitoba |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Westman Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census Division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 15 |
Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
Leader Name1: | Prairie View Municipality |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Dan Mazier |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Leader Name3: | Greg Nesbitt |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | −6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −5 |
Coordinates: | 50.2669°N -100.8733°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | R0M 0Y0 |
Area Code: | 204 |
Blank1 Name: | NTS Map |
Blank1 Info: | 062K07 |
Blank2 Name: | GNBC Code |
Blank2 Info: | GALPJ |
Isabella is a settlement in Prairie View Municipality, Manitoba, Canada. People first began to settle in the Isabella district in the late 1870s. People came to Isabella by various means: foot, ox-cart or horse and wagons.
A post office was established on 16-15-25W in 1906 and was named after a Scottish woman, Isabella Gould Taylor, who was the oldest person in the district at the time. The School District was also established about this time. There was no railway into the town of Isabella until 1909 when the Canadian Northern Railway was built from Hallboro to Isabella.[1] It still contains a store (which is a museum), and 4 other museums (Heise house, Iverach house, The store, The barn, Doran house),a graveyard, and a post office/hall. The post office is still in-use, and is used by various residents of the town. It is virtual ghost town today.[2]