Bede


Main Street in Bede             Web  / PDF     Vol. V, Page 18
Welcome to Bede. Not so much a ghost town, but rather another community that didn’t quite become a village.


Boisevain


George King General Store      Web  / PDF     Vol.  III, Page 49
Built in 1904, it was once also the home of the Boissevain and Morton Library and Archives.

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.

Boissevain’s Dr. Bird    Web  / PDF     Vol.  V, Page 42
Dr Bird had to deal with many emergency procedures by the dim light in a homesteader’s bedroom.

Mr. Bryan's Whistle Stop      Web  / PDF       Vol.  IV, Page 58       
“One time, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, a noted politician in U.S.A. was trying for the presidency. He came to Canada on the Great Northern Railway..."
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Nurse Halladay and Boissevain’s First Hospitals      Web  / PDF      Vol.  V, Page 31
When the time came to open the doors on this new and much appreciated service, Nurse Halladay was appointed Matron.

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.

The Anchorage       Web  / PDF    Vol. IV , Page  14
The Anchorage was not, as one might expect when first hearing of it, a public hall. It was a private home.

Broomhill


A Piece of the Broomhill Store       Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 27
Perhaps when local Postmaster William Kilkenny and his brother John built it in 1908, they were not only optimistic, but also ahead of their time.
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Gone to the Dogs     Web /  PDF     Vol. V, Page 38
In 1955 the Broomhill Curling Club received permission to sponsor the All American Field Trails complete with championship stakes. 


Butterfield


At the Butterfield Post Office       Web /  PDF      Vol.  V, Page 13
The first Post Office and Stopping Place in the far southwestern reaches of Manitoba was called Butterfield.
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Coulter


Captain Large and the Empress of Ireland      Web  / PDF       Vol.  II, Page 44
A Homemade Steamboat Plies the Souris River ...1909-1913
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Cranmer


What the Rats of Cranmer Knew     Web  / PDF       Vol.  IV, Page 50
The collapse of an elevator in Cranmer could have been dangerous, but there was some warning.
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Dand


Dand /  Mrs. Weightman Comes to Canada       Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 32
Mrs. Weightman, a widow from Berwickshire, in northern England, and her children, arrived at their homestead in the spring of 1882 after a fifty-six day journey from Edinburgh, Scotland. 
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Dand /   Mary Hathway's Homestead      Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 34
Mary’s brother-in-law, Reverend Davies, drove her to the Land Titles Office where a long lineup stood waiting for opening time.
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Deloraine


Deloraine /  Prairie Skills Centre /   Web  / PDF   Vol. III   , Page  43
The many careers of a small-town stone churh    1896 - Present

Deloraine's Dr. Thornton     Web  / PDF      Vol.  IV, Page 22
In Deloraine, in the first part of the twentieth century, if someone mentioned "The Doctor" it could refer to only one person: Dr. Thornton.
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Deloraine /  The Mission School     Web /  PDF     Vol.  V, Page 3
In 1892 the local Endeavor Society obtained some funds and set up a school in a donated cabin on the Turtle Mountain Reserve.
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Deloraine /  Shutting Down IR#60    Web /  PDF     Vol. V, Page 4 & 5
In 1889 Indian Agent J.A. Markle, based in Birtle, raised the possibility of relocating H’damani’s band.
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Deloraine / The Fish Lake Cemetery        Web  / PDF      Vol. V, Page 6
Graves are unmarked, but remembered in this small Metis Cemetery near Lake Metogoshe
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Alton Breault - Adventures of a Radar Repairman       Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 52
It was top secret - he and his companions at the training facility at Yatesbury, England, couldn’t tell even their servicemen buddies what they were working on. 

“Connie” Riddell             Web  / PDF       Vol. V, Page 52
Because he worked for the CPR, and was subject to job trans- fers, he was instrumental in the sporting lives of three communities.

Old Deloraine    Web  / PDF     Vol.  I, Page 24
After the Land Titles Office was established at the edge of Turtle Mountain (by George F. Newcomb), the area began bustling with activity.

Newcomb's Hollow   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 23
The first Land Titles Office in the Turtle Mountain area was a solitary tent that was set up in August of 1881


Desford


Mr. Barneby's Visit     Web  / PDF      Vol.  IV, Page 55
In the summer of 1883 English writer and traveler, William Henry Barneby set out to tour the newly opened lands in western North America.


The Two Desfords       Web  / PDF       Vol.  V, Page 14
The Desford community began in the late 1870's along the Old Commission Trail about twelve kilometres south- southeast of Boissevain.


Dobbyn City


Dreaming Up Dobbyn City    Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 8
This "Speculative" or "Paper" City" was planned near what wouild become Melita during the Manitoba Boom. Its owner/promoter soon turned to other, more successful, ventures.
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Elva


Elva Elevator       Web  / PDF     Vol.  III, Page 44
It was  oldest remaining elevator in Canada!  (1894 - 2019)
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Fultonville


Fultonville     Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 36
"Fultonville", as the locals dubbed their venture, started off with three horses, a walking plow, a hoe, some pickaxes and a spade.

Goodlands


Mining Coal During the Depression     Web  / PDF     Vol.  III, Page 55
Beginning in the 1880s and revived again in the 1930s, coal mining contributed to the economy in Deloraine, Goodlands, and surrounding communities.
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Grande Clairiere


Grande Clairiere     Web  / PDF    Vol.  III, Page 31
In the spring of that year new settlers began arriving from France and by July there were 43 homes and almost 150 people in Grande Clairière.  

Grande Clairière Convent        Web  / PDF      Vol.  I, Page 29
The beginning of the Grande Clairière Convent was marked in 1898 when Father J. Gaire, the parish priest from Grande Clairière, was visiting the family of one of his parishioners in France.
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Hartney


Hartney       Web  / PDF       Vol. I, Page  25
James Hartney's interest in the area began later in 1881. He bought two sections of land and hired labourers to work it before he moved to the area in 1882 with his family.

A. E. Hill Store: The Hart-Cam Museum       Web  / PDF      Vol.  III, Page 47
The 120 year old building that today houses the Hart-Cam Museum spent most of its life serving as a general store. It later became a restaurant, museum . . . and Hollywood film set? Yes indeed – not only once, but twice!

The Edwards Sisters - Business Partners     Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 31
What did Mr. and Mrs. Edwards think when Alice and Ida, at quite a young age, took the unusual step of moving to a nearby community and going into business?
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Tena's Boarding House     Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 24
In today’s world how many people come home from work only to face another round of domestic chores? Not at Tena’s.

Who Was Walter Farwell?     Web  / PDF      Vol. V, Page 41
Perhaps a small town in a new land is the perfect place to start over? Why does Hartney have a street named after a gambler and bigamist?
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“Connie” Riddell             Web  / PDF       Vol. V, Page 52
Because he worked for the CPR, and was subject to job trans- fers, he was instrumental in the sporting lives of three communities.

The Hartney Air Training Field     Web  / PDF   Vol. V, Page 34
The Relief Field 1 for No. 17 Service Flying Training Schoolbased at RCAF Station Souris had a large hangar and personnel of eighty men and twenty-five officers.
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Crime and Punishment in Hartney      Web  / PDF       Vol. V, Page 35
Hartney’s first (and only?) murder mystery.

Walpole Murdoch – Pioneer Newsman     Web  / PDF    Vol. V, Page 36
For ten years Murdoch was a familiar figure on Hartney's streets and at community affairs.  "Unconventional" might be one way of descibing him.


Heaslip


Sam Heaslip - The "Stage Coach" Mailman    Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 17
In the early 1880’s the main road from Old Deloraine to Brandon was the Heaslip Trail named for Sam Heaslip who established the trail and used it to deliver the mail.

Lake Metigoshe


Lake Metigoshe Recreation      Web  / PDF     Vol.III , Page 35
The bulk of Lake Metigoshe lies in North Dakota, with only 60 out of 1,580 acres lying in Canada.

Lauder


Lauder Sandhills        Web /  PDF      Vol.  III, Page 13
10,000 BC - Present) The unique environment provided by the Lauder Sandhills attracted bison, which appealed to the early peoples who came to camp and live there.
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Mr. Logan Comes To Lauder     Web  / PDF   Vol.  V, Page 8
The journey of one of Lauder's founding fathers.
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Lyleton


Lyleton  / The Home Bank Scandal Hits Lyleton      Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 25
 On or about August of 1923, Stan Hill, the Manager of the Lyleton Branch of the Home Bank of Canada received a short telegram, delivered in code. It read; "Cease business, close the door."


Lyleton Branch    Web  / PDF     Vol.  II, Page 42
Settlers in the area of Waskada and Goodlands in southwestern Manitoba waited in great anticipation for a branch line to be built through their communities.
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Lyleton Shelterbelts       Web  / PDF      Vol. II , Page  45
The first of many shelterbelts to be planted in the region was completed in 1936. It consisted of 2,300 trees which were planted in a row measuring half a mile on C. E. Fennell’s farm.


Manchester


Manchester to Melita /   Web  / PDF     Vol.  II, Page 37
The most successful of the Sourisford communities


Max Lake



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.
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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.


Medora


Naming Medora             Web  / PDF     Vol. V, Page 16
Who choses the name of a new town?

Why Locomotives Had Cow Catchers        Web  / PDF      Vol. V, Page 32
A 1948 derailment in Medora was caused by a sleeping cow on the track.
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Melita


Brockinton Site      Web  / PDF     Vol. II  Page 33
The Brockinton archaeological site is located along the Souris River valley wall south of Melita. This site was occupied by three different cultures over the last 1600 years. These occupations left behind rare and archaeologically invaluable finds.
 During this site's earliest occupation, it was used as a bison pound.
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Melita Robbery      Web  / PDF     Vol.  II, Page 38
A Midnight Crime Hits Southwest Manitoba . . . September 1923


What's on in Melita This Week?     Web  / PDF     Vol. V, Page 53
The Melita Opera House was one of several venues offering a wide variety of touring entertainers.
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Manchester to Melita /   Web  / PDF     Vol.  II, Page 37
The most successful of the Sourisford communities

Melgund



Melgund - Almost a Village      Web  / PDF       Vol. IV , Page  9
Before Hartney and Lauder beame villages, Melgund was on the map. Although it never became a centre of commerce, it did endure as acommunity.


Minto


Jimmy Jock – Minto Cemetery’s First Resident      Web  / PDF Vol.  V, Page 15
Jimmy Jock died in 1901 at the age of 74 and was buried in the then-empty Minto Cemetery. Even today the ravine he settled bears his name, celebrating a man of uncommon character and stamina
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Moberly


Moberly       Web  / PDF       Vol.  I, Page 26
The Lakeside Resort That Never Was


Mountainside


(Mountainside) Ben Arde: Mountainside Store Operator      Web  / PDF     Vol.  III, Page 53
1949 - 1962
Ben Arde was born in Saskatchewan in October of 1926. His parents farmed there until the 1930s. When Ben was eight his father, originally from Wakopa, moved his family back to Manitoba, this time settling south of Mountainside.
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Napinka


Albert Titus – a Napinka Character       Web  / PDF      Vol.  V, Page 20
Ab's claim to fame was as a chronicler of the times through his many articles for the local papers. 
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Newcomb's Hollow   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 23
The first Land Titles Office in the Turtle Mountain area was a solitary tent that was set up in August of 188

Old Deloraine    Web  / PDF     Vol.  I, Page 24
After the Land Titles Office was established at the edge of Turtle Mountain (by George F. Newcomb), the area began bust


Old Deloraine /   Mary Hathway's Homestead      Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 34
Mary’s brother-in-law, Reverend Davies, drove her to the Land Titles Office where a long lineup stood waiting for opening time.
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Napinka at the Crossroads    Web  / PDF     Vol.  V, Page 17
In 1890’s there was no north-south line in the district. By connecting at Napinka the CPR made the route to Brandon a little shorter. The decision created a boom in Napinka
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Pierson


Pierson         Web  / PDF     Vol.II   , Page 39
The Rise of a Town Planted Beside the Railway   1891 - Present

Jim Dandy        Web  / PDF      Vol.  III, Page 38
One of Pierson’s early entrepreneurs
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Norman Breakey - The Inventor from Pierson       Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 49
  So, who can we thank for this handy implement which saves time, effort and laundry costs? Well that’s a bit of a sad story.
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“Connie” Riddell             Web  / PDF       Vol. V, Page 52
Because he worked for the CPR, and was subject to job trans- fers, he was instrumental in the sporting lives of three communities.


The Pierson CPR Demonstration Farm     Web /  PDF      Vol. V, Page 24
The Pierson site, one of 13 on the prairies, included a full line of modern buildings, including a two-story four bedroom house. 

Regent


The Rescue of the Hathaway Thresher     Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 54
It was the world’s first rotary thresher, a significant departure from the design then in use and a forerunner of the axial flow system used in modern threshers.


Riverside


The Riverside Canucks of Baseball Fame       Web  / PDF      Vol. V, Page 46
The Riverside Canucks played for over 40 years at Riverside Park, on the banks of the Souris River north of Minto. They are in the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame.
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The Three Bridges at Riverside    Web  / PDF  Vol.  V, Page 10
This well-used crossing of the Souris River has seen a few changes.
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Sourisford

Sourisford /   Walter Thomas - Against All Odds      Web  / PDF      Vol.  IV, Page 42
t was in late March 1880. A spell of warm weather had melted much of the snow, when Walter set out for Winnipeg to get more provisions.
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Sourisford /  Walter Thomas - Kitchen Table Surgery        Web  / PDF      Vol.  IV, Page 43
He learned later that it was fortunate that muzzle was close to the arm and the flame from it burned the flesh and arteries so that very little blood escaped.
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Souris River


The Souris River     Web /  PDF      Vol.  III, Page 10


Turtle Mountain


The Berns Boys Come to Tilston     Web /  PDF       Vol. V, Page 23
US immigration to Manitoba was quite common for a while. One particular family left its mark on Tilston.
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Turtle Mountain


Turtle Mountain       Web  / PDF      Vol. I, Page 1
The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area.

Turtle Mountain City and Waubeesh   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 21
John Brondgeest envisioned Waubeesh becoming a thriving settlement, and by 1884, it was indeed a chief commercial centre for the region along with Old Deloraine.

Turtle Mountain Reserve (IR60)     Web  / PDF      Vol. I, Page 18
The Turtle Mountain Reserve  became the smallest reserve in Canada, measuring only one square mile.


Whitewater


Whitewater Lake       Web  / PDF      Vol. I, Page 2
The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area.


Whitewater Village   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 22
While other small towns  were dying because they were bypassed by the CPR, Whitewater was settled after the railroad came through, thus given a real chance at success.
ling with activity.


Wakopa



Old Wakopa        Web  / PDF     Vol. III, Page 24
The first “stopping place” for settlers heading west
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Waubeesh


Cricket Anyone? : The Waubeesh English Settlement        Web  / PDF     Vol.  IV, Page 38
There were many attempts in Western Canada for groups from Britain to duplicate the sort of life they were used to in their home country.


Turtle Mountain City and Waubeesh   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 21
John Brondgeest envisioned Waubeesh becoming a thriving settlement, and by 1884, it was indeed a chief commercial centre for the region along with Old Deloraine.



Turtle Mountain City and Waubeesh   Web  / PDF    Vol. I, Page 21
John Brondgeest envisioned Waubeesh becoming a thriving settlement, and by 1884, it was indeed a chief commercial centre for the region along with Old Deloraine.


Waskada


Waskada Museum         Web  / PDF      Vol. I, Page 40
The Waskada Museum, however, has made its buildings as much of a feature as the artifacts that fill them.

Waskada Park   Web  / PDF     Vol.  III, Page 50
On a walk south of the townsite one day, a vision presented itself to Sankey: a recreational park, surrounded by trees, with space for sports activities and community events.

Waskada's Blacksmith: Ren Amos     Web  / PDF    Vol.  IV, Page 23
Over a span of half a century, Ren operated his blacksmith shop. He had to rebuild it twice. His wife often helped him in the shop and together they lived and worked through countless changes in agricultural methods.

The Six Buildings of the Waskada Museum     Web  / PDF    Vol.  III, Page 32
In the spring of that year new settlers began arriving from France and by July there were 43 homes and almost 150 people in Grande Clairière.  

The Harvest Excursion – Definitely not a Vacation               Web  / PDF     Vol.  V, Page 11
Harvesting is a time-sensitive operation, and labor intensive as well. When the time came to get that good crop off the field there were simply not enough men around to do the job.