St. Joseph

Summary

COMMUNITY ASSETS

1Accommodations 1 Food Services 2 Shopping 1 Infrastructure 2 Essential Services

0Historical Sites 0 Arts 2 Festival & Events 3 Museums / Sites of Memory 0 Important Landscapes 0 Galleries, Crafting or Workshops 2 Community Cultural Organizations 0 Heritage Sites C U LT U R A L & H I S T O R I C A L ASSETS O U T D O O R R E C R E AT I O N ASSETS 0 Natural 1 Outdoor 0 Eco-tourism 0 Agritourism 0 Golf Course 0 Trails & Spaces 0 Outdoor Attractions 1 Other

St. Joseph

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Community Assets

ACCOMODATIONS

St. Joseph de la Rivière aux Marais Campground May until October Washroom and coin showers 16 sites 30 and 50-amp services available Tenting areas

F O O D S E R V I C E

St. Joseph Coop Convenience Store | Sandwiches, drinks, coffee, and snacks

SHOPPING

Co-op, St. Joseph Food Store & Farm Supply St. Joseph Museum Gift Shop Local artist products, books, crafts, jewelry, steak turners – made on site in blacksmith shop

HOSPITALITY

St. Joseph is a small, friendly community. Used to hosting out of town visitors for the Montcalm Heritage Festival.

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E

Centre Culturel et Communautaire | The maximum capacity of the hall is 250 people.

ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROMOTION

RCMP 911 community Website and Facebook Central Tourism Guide Send events to CDEM Montcalm Heritage Festival – posters and brochures distributed

ATTR ACTIVENESS

St. Joseph townsite is clean and quaint with lots of full-grown trees Good roads, good entrance ways, well signed, well-maintained, Hwy 75 museum sign is broken. Volunteers will set it up.

Cultural & Historical Assets

Montcalm Heritage Festival Every June. Festival features exhibits, displays, parade, entertainment, food and petting zoo. Museum and tractor warehouse are open. FE STIVA LS A N D EV E N TS

St. Joseph Fall Supper French cuisine with BBQ roast beef, tourtière, ragout with meatballs, hominy corn, tarte au sucre. Wide selection of salads, vegetables, meats and desserts including bacon pie.

St. Joseph

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MUSEUMS/SITES OF MEMORY

St. Joseph Museum Laurent Fillion Camera Collection, Historical Village, Union Point School, Perron Pavillion

Growers Association Shed. Another shed is also being built Perron Pavillion Planky Plains Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moquin House, Perron House, Bérard General Store, Transportation Building, Agricultural Village, Blacksmith Shop, Leather Shop & Carpenter Shop Stationary Engines and Buildings, Tractor Shed, and Manitoba Sugarbeet Growers Association Shed.

COMMUNITY CULTUR AL ORGANIZATIONS

St. Joseph Musée Committee Stationary Engines Club

Outdoor Recreation Assets

OUTDOOR

Large outdoor space | Field for events. Used for Radio Airplane Exhibit

OTHER

St. Joseph Wind Farm Coop | Manitoba’s largest wind farm co-op