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The communities of Virden, Elkhorn, and Kenton, Manitoba are well serviced by both local businesses and established national chains, offering a complete range of products and services.
415 Woodworth Avenue Kenton, MB
204-838-2358
405-7th Avenue Virden, MB
204-748-2883
Virden, MB
In close proximity to Tundra Oil & Gas Place in Virden is a large agriculture facility, that is owned by the Agriculture Society and the Virden Indoor Rodeo. The area is maintained throughout the summer season and includes many barns, wash racks, outdoor arenas, showers and a building that offers a canteen, bathroom and office space.
Annually the Virden Agricultural Society Grounds host many events that welcomes a multitude of participants and spectators from locations both near and far to the town of Virden, along with the Prairie Gateway Tourism area.
444 – 6th Avenue South Virden, MB
204-748-2444
http://www.virdencentralhotel.com/
The Central Hotel offers a 60-seat dining room and family restaurant, 250-seat beverage room and patio, 80-seat banquet facilities, beer vendor, and 15 newly renovated guest rooms.
Derby Pit is located on PR 257, 1/8 mile west of the Trans- Canada Highway Virden, MB
Jason Creller
204-851-0800
virdendemo@gmail.com
August 18, 2024 - The Virden Demolition Derby, featuring a variety of car and truck heats, door prizes and a 50/50 draw.
310 King Street E Virden, MB R0M 2C0
204-748-2211
565 - 6th Avenue South Virden, MB
virdenmarket@gmail.com
The very successful Virden Farmers’ Market was launched in 1989 and has maintained a very solid nucleus of vendors since its inception. There is a wide variety of items available including baking, fresh produce, honey, meat, jewelry, wood furniture, and cleaning products.
Scallion Creek Park, Galt Street West, south of PR 257, Virden See Virden Map marker #44 Virden, MB
The Virden Fish Pond might just be one of the best-kept secrets in the town.
Maintained by volunteers, the Fish Pond is stocked, and has been since 1990. In the summer of 2022, the fish pond was stocked with 200 Steelhead trout fingerlings (which are essentially the same as Rainbow Trout) and a new dock was added in the summer of 2021. You don’t have to have a license to fish here and you can catch as many as you want. An aerator ensures there is no winter kill, and the pond can be enjoyed year-round.
220 Nelson Street West Virden, MB R0M 2C0
204-748-2382
512 King Street East Virden, MB R0M 2C0
204-748-2061
Virden, MB
Thomas Hagan, President
204-748-1179
204-851-2554
info@virdenindoorrodeo.ca
August 15 to 18, 2024 - Come and join us for an exciting, action- packed weekend at the 34th Annual Virden Indoor Rodeo & Wild West Daze.
Over the noon hour on Thursday, a Community Barbecue in Victoria Park, free of charge and sponsored by COREX Resources, kicks off the rodeo weekend. In the evening, Downtown Daze, organized and facilitated by the Virden Community Chamber of Commerce, takes over the town’s main business district. It’s a fun, family atmosphere which includes live entertainment, a variety of food and activities for all ages to enjoy. In the Kids’ Zone, you’ll find inflatables, carnival games and face painting. There’s a mechanical bull, local vendors, business displays and much more. Take a trip back in time and check out the vintage rides at the Westman on Wheels Show & Shine in the Virden Farmers Market area, weather permitting.
All weekend long, take in the semi- professional rodeo action in the Tundra Oil & Gas Place arena. There’s a matinee (slack) in the afternoon and evening performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which include mutton busting for the younger set at intermission. The competition attracts top- calibre contestants from across the prairies as well as the northern U.S.A., New Zealand and Australia.
On Shootout Sunday, the best cowboys and cowgirls in each of the nine events, as well as the slack, return to compete for a purse of added prize money, championship jackets and saddles. It’s Family Day, with rodeo fans 15 and under admitted free of charge.
On Thursday and Friday, young equestrians from throughout the province take part in the Manitoba High School Rodeo Competition, vying for the coveted titles of High Point Junior or High School Cowboy or Cowgirl.
A Pancake Breakfast in the Virden Legion Hall, prepared and served by members of the Virden Lions Club and staff from local financial institutions, starts off Saturday. It is followed by a town-wide Parade. In the afternoon, a Tailgate Party, including a barbecue, beer garden, live music, carnival games and inflatables leads up to the evening rodeo performance. A 3D Barrel Racing Jackpot, sanctioned by the Manitoba Barrel Racing Association, takes place in the riding arena on the Virden Agricultural Grounds.
Sunday gets going bright and early with the Valleyview Consumers Co-op Rodeo Pancake Breakfast in the Sunrise Banquet Hall at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Next door in the arena, Manitoba Calf Ropers Unlimited hosts their Tie-Down and Breakaway Roping Jackpot. In the afternoon, it’s the Demolition Derby, featuring car and truck heats, at the track located on Provincial Road 257, 1/8 of a mile west of the Trans-Canada Highway.
On the social side, relax with friends in the Barn Bar on Friday evening. The following night, kick up your heels at one of Virden’s biggest social events of the year—the Daze Dance in the Virden Curling Club rink, complete with a live band.
121 - PR 257, Virden. See Virden Map marker #41 Virden, MB R0M 2C0
204-851-1371
http://virdenlionscampground.com/
With 80 sites available, the Virden Lions Campground contains 10 spacious tenting sites as well as 15 sites with water and 15-amp electrical service. The remainder of the sites are 30-amp with the majority full service (i.e. 30-amp, water and sewer).
The campground offers clean and well- maintained shower and facilities, ample picnic tables, playground structures and Wi-Fi. Firepits are available throughout the campground and wood is available from the office at a very reasonable price. The campground is located within minutes of the ice rink, swimming pool, golf course, shopping facilities, laundromat, and the community trout pond.
585 Nelson Street East Virden, MB
204-748-2424
virdenmotel@gmail.com
Each room is equipped with a flat screen TV. Some units have a seating area to relax in after a busy day. Each room comes with a private bathroom fitted with a bath or shower. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the property.
Virden, MB
https://www.oilcapshockey.com/
In 2011, a group of local investors purchased the Winnipeg Saints Junior “A” Franchise and relocated the team to play in the newly built Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Their inaugural season was held in 2012. Since that season, the team has made the playoffs every year with their best seasons being 2017-2018 and 2022-23 when they made it all the way to the Turnbull Cup Final.
The Virden Oil Capitals have become a huge part of Virden’s culture. The Oil Caps are an integral part of the community and offer great entertainment throughout the winter months.
In June 2020, the Virden Oil Capitals organization fully transitioned to being run as a “Not-For-Profit” organization.
The foundation of the team was always about giving back to the community and surrounding area.
For more information about the Virden Oil Capitals and the 2024-25 Season, check out the team’s website.
390 King Street West Virden, MB
204-748-1659
virdenpioneermuseum@gmail.com
https://virdenpioneerhome.wixsite.com/museum
A visit to the Virden Pioneer Home Museum acquaints guests with the way of life of an established Victorian family in the Canadian West. The large brick-veneer home, which houses the majority of the museum’s collection, was built in 1888 on “Quality Hill,” which represented one of the wealthiest districts in early Virden. Each room has been re-furbished to reflect the charm of the era, with numerous period items and furniture, giving it a homey, almost lived-in feeling.
The museum was officially opened in 1970, the year of Manitoba’s Centennial with 300 artifacts and has grown to over 11,000 on display. The museum’s annexes house post office, general store, and schoolhouse displays, as well as other memorabilia of pioneer life. First World War artifacts and uniforms, and a folk-art gallery, are also featured. The museum has one of the most extensive and complete museum collections in rural Manitoba.
Virden, MB
virdenskateparkcommittee@gmail.com
With approximately 6,500 square feet of concrete riding area, the skate park boasts unique features like a half-pipe and pump track. It is a multi-use park suitable for riders of skateboards, BMX bikes, scooters, and inline skates. Riders are asked to wear proper safety equipment and abide by
posted notices. As the park is suitable for beginner and experienced riders, we ask that participants respect each other’s riding abilities.
480 – 7th Avenue Virden, MB
204-748-2143
Virden, MB
The new Virden Spray Park is open daily during the summer months from 10:00 am - 8:00 pm and is located adjacent to the ball diamonds and playground behind Tundra Oil & Gas Place.
900-5th Avenue, Verden. With the entrance in the Curling Rink parking lot See Virden Map marker #37 Virden, MB
204-748-2736 ext. 3
pool@virden.ca
The Virden Swimming Pool is open from June to the end of August. Change room facilities are located within adjacent Tundra Oil & Gas Place. The pool has a children’s area with a toddler lions slide, and a large double loop waterside. Swimming lessons, lap swim, aqua fit classes, public swim and private rentals are available throughout the season.
154036 PR 257 RD 57N, Box 392 Virden, MB R0M 2C0
To book a tee time or for more information:
204-748-1721
wellviewgolfsuper@gmail.com
http://wellviewgolfsuper.wixsite.com/virdenwellviewgolf
Manitoba golf was born in Virden in 1892. As the first golf course in the province, the Virden Wellview Golf Club 9-hole course is classically designed with wide fairways and deep, windswept grassy roughs, sand bunkers and water. Several updates throughout the years to the course have included new greens and tee boxes, practice area, driving range, and brand new clubhouse that opened in 2020. The clubhouse is open year-round. A Golf Simulator that was added in 2022 is open from November until April.
The course offers a licensed clubhouse, full restaurant menu, and cart and club rentals.