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Former shimp plant, Manitou Beach, Sasaktchewan

Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.

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Darrell Noakes 2012
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Manitou Beach
Former shrimp plant on the south shore of Little Manitou Lake, Lake Avenue at Jean Street, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan. The building was originally constructed in 1923 as Martin's Tourist Hotel and mineral baths, by Josiah Martin on the understanding that a sanatorium would be built in the community, contributing to the hotel's success in attracting visitors for the lake's reputed remedial and health giving properties. Wardley Brine Shrimp Co., owned by Frank Debevc, bought the building in the 1960s, to harvest and freeze the lake's shrimp for the tropical fish food market. The building had been abandoned for several years when exceptionally high spring run-off led to a rise in the lake's water level, causing flooding in 2011. In late winter, 2013, the Village of Manitou Beach arranged the building's demolition and it was torn down before the ice melted off the lake for the season.