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  Vantage Points Stories (Books, Online & pdf)
Vantage Point Flashbacks (Radio Broadcasts)


Morton

Local History Books Beckonning Hills Beckonning Hills Revisitied Websites The Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson's Bay Railway TM&SP "Our History" Articles The first “Stopping Place” for settlers heading west “Old” Desford The Cheese King Turtle Mountain City & Waubeesh Boissevain Whitewater The Boissevain – Lauder Branch The Great Northern Vantage Points Articles All Saint's Church   Web  / PDF Vol.  III, Page 34 The All Saint’s Church and Cemetery served as a landmark and community centre for over 30 years before the numbers in the parish could no longer support it. A Tale of Two Mill Fires Web  / PDF Vol.  IV, Page 18 The story of milling in Boissevain begins shortly after the town was established as an important commercial centre on the new CPR line. In those days a progressive town needed a mill. The First Phone in Boissevain Web  / PDF Vol.  IV, Page 28 In 1904 a local exchange was located in Hilton's Drug Store, but only a few residences were hooked up. Then in 1906 the Bell Telephone Company began installing its own phones in Boissevain homes. Dunseith Trail      Web  / PDF Vol.  I, Page 35 Heaviest use: 1920 – 1933 The prohibition of beverage alcohol in the early 1900s paved the way for one of the area's most colourful chapters of thrill and intrigue. George King General Store     Web  / PDF Vol.  III, Page 49 The building that used to house the George King General Store dates back to 1904.  King’s store had three sections, divided by small steps of stairs. George Morton's Ventures   Web  / PDF Vol. I , Page  20 1882 – 1883 He persuaded businessmen in Kingston to invest in the Morton Dairy Farm Company and received (via his business connections with John A. MacDonald the right to purchase 72 square miles (184 kms²) of land west of Whitewater Lake. Great Northern Railway  Web  / PDF Vol.  I, Page 30 Construction of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) began during the winter of 1905 and finished in 1906, covering the 69.5 miles (110 kms) from St. John's (Devil's Lake), North Dakota to Brandon, Manitoba. 1905 - 1936 Lake Max Recreation  Web  / PDF Vol.  III, Page 27 As the largest lake in what is now Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Max Lake was the natural location of choice for summer holidaying. Lake Max Sawmill    /   Web  / PDF Vol.III  , Page 26 In 1880 Mr Bolton established a sawmill on the shore of Lake Max. The next year, entrepreneur George Morton bought the sawmill and used it to produce lumber for nearly every building in the then thriving village of Whitewater. Lorna Smith Nature Centre Web  / PDF Vol.I, Page  41 The Lorna Smith Nature Centre just southeast of Boissevain was established in 1983 by the Turtle Mountain Conservation District as part of the reservoir project. Mennonite Settlement in Southwest Manitoba   /   Web  / PDF Vol. I , Page  34 ....the Mennonites that settled in southwestern Manitoba – around Whitewater Lake particularly – did not arrive until 50 years later, .... Skull Swamp Web /  PDF Vol.  IV, Page 7 Skull Swamp is an example of the ingenuity possessed by post glacial societies in their bison hunting techniques and how they used the existing landscape to their advantage. Old Photos Boissevain - Morton Heritage Photos Historic Maps Boissevain - Morton Heritage Maps