A Guide to Resources

Heritage Websites

Virtual Manitoba Collection Arden Argyle Heritage Carberry Heritage   Cardinal Melita Heritage riversheritage grasslandheritage twoborders pipestone Deleau Prairie Lakes Heritage wawanesaheritage killarneyheritage Virden Heritage Wakopa

Other Community Heritage Websites Heritage Brandon Carman / Dufferin Gimli Lac Du Bonnet Heritage Advisory Committee Lac Du Bonnet Historical Society Red River North Heritage Committee Regional Heritage Websites Boundary Trail Heritage Region Pembina Manitou Archive Vantage Points

Resource Collections

Virtual Manitoba Collections Past & Present -  Manitoba Communities Manitoba Communities & More, listed aplhabetically. Map Collection Brandon Insurance Maps A Brandon Souvenir - Early Photos Local History Books (Listed by Town names) Topics: Document Collection Brandon Bands

Manitoba Collections U of M Local Histories Collection Manitoba Historical Society Manitoba Libraries Association of Manitoba Museums Manitoba Signature Museums Manitoba Legislative Library Manitoba Archives Online Manitoba History Books Local History Books, by Location Manitoba History Bibliography Passages Manitoba (Obituary Listings) Vital Statistics Database Images of Prairie Towns Existing Railway Structures in Manitoba Manitoba Archaeological Society PastFORWARD Winnipeg's Digital Public History Pembina - Manitou Archive Post Office Search Manitoba Highway Maps Provincial Heritage Sites Municipal Heritage Sites Historic Sites of Manitoba

Brandon Railways The birth and growth of the Wheat City - it's all about the railways. Locally Made - A Survey of Pioneer Industry Grist Mills, Brickyards, Cheese Factories & More..... False Starts: Travels Thorough Time Along the Rivers of Southwestern Manitoba More False Starts: Communities and Change in Western Manitoba 1000 Words: Pioneer Photographers in the Southwest Corner Turtle Mountain and the Souris Plains An Overview of Our History General Rosser's Legacy A Manitoba History Article

The Chapman Museum Dakota Stories The Souris River Shelterbelts in Manitoba The Sunshine Highway The Grand Trunk Pacific in Rivers Manitoba Cherry Point Sourisford Turtle Mountain Mud The Souris Bend

Manitoba Heritage Organizations The Turtle Mountain - Souris Plains Heritage Association The Historic Resources Branch Heritage Manitoba Boundary Trail National Heritage Region Westman Museums Manitoba Genealogical Society Manitoba Historical Society Manitoba Living History Society  Manitoba Museum

Canadian Heritage Organizations Peel's Prairie Provinces (Includes full searchable copies of the numerous historic prairie works.) Canada's History Magazine Heritage Canada Archives Canada Historic Places Initiative

Ideas & Editorials

Wildlife Management Areas A Treasure in Distress We need to rethink Wildlife Management Areas.  They were designed with hunting in mind, but but with a little "Management" they can continue to serve that purpose as well as serving other valuable functions.

Local History Matters History without geography can really miss the point. History without accurate local content isn’t likely to connect. Healthy Communities A loosely connected series of observations about healthy communities rooted in personal experience and extensive travel in rural Manitoba.

This & That

Activities, Projects & Educational Intintiatives

Canoe Journeys in Western Manitoba

Museums in the SW Corner

Manitoba Local Tourism Yearbooks