OUR CLAIM TO FAME
The Old Mound, a 116-foot elevation, one mile from the town of Pilot Mound, is one of the most important historical landmarks in the province.
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Pilot Mound is known as
Hockey Town in Manitoba.
Every year boys and girls of all ages have the opportunity to play on teams at different age levels. Novice, Atoms, Peewees, Bantams, And Midgets.
In recent years several local players have gone on to play and coach with provincial and North American teams.
Jim Moore - American Hockey League
Lyle Phair - NHL Los Angeles
Rod Collins - International League
Rick McConnell - Pembina Valley Hawks coach
Riley Weselowski- Scholarship, Bemidji, Minnesota
Delaney Collins University of Concordia and University of Alberta women’s teams and Canada Women’s National Team.
Rock Lake United Church Camp - for nearly a century this beautiful camp on the north shore of Rock Lake has provided excellent camping experiences for hundreds of youth across the southern part of the province.
Members of Parliament in Ottawa:
Duncan Campbell Stewart, (1858-1936) prominent pioneer educator and Parliamentarian, served as a Liberal MP from 1902 -1904
John L. Brown, (1867-1958) Clergyman and Parliamentarian served as a Liberal-Progressive member of Parliament from 1921-1935.
Dr. Paul Hiebert, (1892-1987) noted scientist and author, who received the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour for his novel "Sarah Binks" was born in Pilot Mound where his father operated a general store.
"Black Jack" Stewart, Pilot Mound native, inducted into the National Hockey Hall of Fame, began his NHL career in 1938, playing until 1951 with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks.
Mary Speechly - 1873-1968 "Renaissance Woman" after whom Mary Speechly Hall at the University of Winnipeg is named. During 14 years spent living in Pilot Mound (1902-16) as the wife of the local doctor, this early feminist, through involvement with the local Agricultural Society strove to provide better education, health care, and to promote women's suffrage and other women's issues. She later founded the Pilot Mound Home Economics society in 1912.
A. Gordon Craig - founder of the Sports Network TSN, spent his early years in Pilot Mound where his father, Alexander Craig served as the Agricultural Representative.
Clare and Dorothy Geddes - 2002 inductees into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame. Prominent Canadian Charolais Cattle producers who introduced the first Charolais breeding herd to Manitoba in 1964. Since that date they have done much to promote this breed of cattle across Canada.
Eileen Collins is appointed to the Order of Manitoba - 2006 - for her many years of volunteerism to the community of Pilot Mound.