The last functioning synagogue in Manitoba outside of the city of Winnipeg.

The small wooden synagogue of Winnipeg Beach is the last functioning Manitoba synagogue outside of the City of Winnipeg. The town of Winnipeg Beach located on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, has been a long-time summer resort area for Winnipeg’s Jewish community of about 16,000. In 1950 a group of Lake Winnipeg summer residents bought a one-room log cabin which they converted into a shul and moved to Winnipeg Beach.

In 1998 the Town of Winnipeg Beach passed an ordinance requiring all buildings to have indoor plumbing. It was decided to avoid the burdensome cost of meeting the requirement by moving the shul a little further north to Camp Massad, a Hebrew speaking summer camp for Jewish children age 7 to 16. The Camp is said to be the only Hebrew immersion residential summer camp in all of North America.

In 2007 the congregation became egalitarian and three years later the building was expanded by nearly 50% with the addition of a 16 foot by 18 foot room to serve as a dining area for kiddushes. The shul holds lay-led services every Saturday morning from the Canada Day to Labour Day long weekends.