Ingelow | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 99°36′20″W / 49.99028°N 99.60556°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Census Division | No. 7 |
Municipality | North Cypress – Langford |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
GNBC Code | GALNF [1] |
Ingelow is an unincorporated community in North Cypress – Langford, Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2] The settlement is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Brandon.
Originally called "Woodlea", settlers arrived in the area in the 1870s. [3] The Woodlea School District was established in 1887, and Woodlea School opened in 1889. [4] A post office opened in 1899, and remained open until 1970. [5] Construction of a branch of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Woodlea began in 1907. [6] Each station name on the railway west of Portage la Prairie began with a consecutive letter of the alphabet, and Woodlea—located between "Harte" and "Justice" stations—was renamed "Ingelow", after English poet Jean Ingelow. [7] [8] [9] The first train arrived in Ingelow in 1909. [6]
The early settlement had a store, two grain elevators, an outdoor hockey rink, and a baseball and hockey team. [6] A curling rink was built in 1939. [6] St. Johns Presbyterian Church operated from 1909 to 1965, and a community hall operated from 1917 to 1977. [6] [10]
Woodlea School—renamed Ingelow School in 1923—remained open until 1960, when it consolidated with Brookdale Consolidated School No. 1299. [4]
A cairn commemorating St. Johns Presbyterian Church and the community hall was unveiled at a ceremony in Ingelow in 1979. [10]