Bradwardine, Manitoba
Bradwardine is a historical location northeast of Virden in the Rural Municipality of Daly.
The Post Office was founded on 12-12-23W in 1884 and moved to 7-12-22W when the railway arrived about 1902. The name of Rowan was proposed by the first postmaster, John Parr. Ottawa opted for a character from the novel Waverley by Sir Walter Scott; the Baron of Bradwardine.
Once a thriving village, Bradwardine basically disappeared after WWII. It had suffered losses from two fires in the early 1900s; the railway and the school were both lost after the Second World War.
References
- Geographical Names of Manitoba - Bradwardine (page 33) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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