not a bad hotel looks like a older best western or similar to that, had a small pool and hot tub with an adjoining restaurant, was there for Boy scouts and also happened to be there for Thompson days which is kind of neat. More

Unfortunately thompson doesn't offer a lot of choices, but burntwood is a reasonably good one. furniture is out of date and rooms are really over priced but compared to the rest of the hotel's we've tried the rooms are nice. Staff was helpful. More

The Burntwood hotel is pretty nice, but I think that someone who designed this had higher class people then those working in Thompson in mind. The hotel is equipped with a pool, and waterslide, but no microwave, and not all of their rooms have a mini fridge. They do have coin laundry facilities, and are a continental breakfast if you... More

On a pretty short whim, I opted to drive from Minneapolis to as far north as you can reasonably drive in Manitoba. That road ends just shy of 1000 miles north in Thompson, MB. Thompson was founded in the 1950s as a mining town, and its very utilitarian in layout and services. Of the several major hotels, I opted for... More

Really the property is called the "Burnt Wood" what was my first clue that I should have walked the other way!! Not many choices in the wild tundra of Manitoba so I was pretty much stuck with my reservation. The building indeed had a funny smell to it like burnt wood, I mean it no joke To top things off... More