Riverside Park
(Lisk Campbell Heritage Park)
NW 21-6-19W,
Minto area

Designation Date: September 11, 1991
Designation Authority: The R.M. of Whitewater
Present Owner: The R.M. of Whitewater

This site commemorates Thomas Liskum Campbell (1870–1956), well known pioneer, entrepreneur and sportsman in the Riverside district of the Rural Municipality of Whitewater. "Lisk" Campbell was, with his family, part of the initial wave of emigrants from Ontario to Manitoba. They were also among the first homesteaders during the early 1880s to settle along the Souris River south of Brandon. As a young man, Lisk became one of the district’s first ferry operators, a position he held for many years. In 1931, he built a store, coffee shop and dancehall on a picturesque riverside site near the location of the Highway No. 10 bridge, and named it Riverside Park. The site was to become a favourite recreation and sports ground and for years was the home field for the Riverside District baseball club.