News & History

Farm News
We would like to welcome you to BoonstraFarms.com! Thank you for coming and enjoy your stay. On our website you will find information on farm animals, school tours, strawberries, and not to mention our corn maze.

Our website has insightful information on farm animal facts, as well as strawberry recipes! School teachers might find the information on farm animals, located in our Farm Tours section, useful for class and assignments.

In the summertime, Strawberry season starts all across Manitoba. Boonstra Farms is always around this time of year, and we are located in Stonewall, Manitoba just 15 minutes from the Winnipeg Perimeter.

When the weather starts to turn cold, and the leaves turn color you know Fall is coming. This is just the time of year to visit Murray's Maze. Located just 15 minutes north of the Winnipeg perimeter, this corn maze may be Canada's largest!

Farm History
1815-1880? - Squatter
1880-19921 - Mr. Dawson (Homestead)
1921-1956 - Jim McWilliam
1956-1988 - Howard & Frances Sturtevant
1988-Present - Murray & Pauline Boonstra

• Picture of farm in1956 [click to see a picture].
• The house was built in 1926.
• The house had electricity and running water because it was hooked into the street car line which ran from Winnipeg to Stonewall.
• The new barn was built in 1961.
• This is still the original house with some remodeling done over the years.

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