Lecoy House
NW 26-15-11W,
Lac du Bonnet area

Designation Date: April 16, 1991
Designation Authority: The R.M. of Lac du Bonnet
Present Owner: privately owned

The Isadore Lecoy House is one of the oldest surviving structures in the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet. Likely built before the railway arrived to the area in 1901, the house represents the region’s frontier era during which the population consisted primarily of Aboriginal, Métis and a number of Québecois residents.

The house exemplifies pioneer log construction. It is a basic structure, built using dovetail corner joints, roofed with a simple gable and enlarged with shed-roofed lean-to additions. In 1929 the Lecoys sold the house to Dr. H.B. Chown of Winnipeg. Dr. Chown made extensive renovations and used the building as a summer cottage.