Gladstone was first settled in 1872 with the area then known as Palestine. It was later named for Great Britain Prime Minister William E. Gladstone.

In 1938, the Big Grass Marsh was the first Ducks Unlimited project in Canada. It is now being developed as the Jackfish Lake Nature Site.

Avenues in Gladstone run north and south, not east to west like most other communities. Gladstone also has no “Main Street” - the only community in Manitoba without one.

 Andy Murray, coach of the NHL team, Los Angeles Kings, was born in Gladstone.

 Happy Rock is ready to serve. Waving a warm welcome with one hand, the waiter’s towel on the other arm is a symbol of hospitality that awaits.

 Is often referred to as the “Third Crossing”, which means the third crossing of the Whitemud River for expansion from Winnipeg to Ford Edmonton in 1873.

The secondary school, is named after Rhodes scholar, university professor, politician and member of the Order of Canada, William E. Morton.

Prior to 1877, the political boundary of the border of the Province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories was formed along an imaginary line 8 miles west of Gladstone and at the west end of Cypress River.