This Winnipeg-based company was established by Audie Peterson and Donald Ross “Don” Fonger, and was later continued by Fonger alone.
Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
St. Vital Public Works Garage
590 St. Anne’s Road, Winnipeg
1963
Demolished (?)
St. Vital Fire Hall
1057 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg
1964
Pioneer Electric Plant (addition)
Fort Garry, Winnipeg
1968
Ebenezer Home for the Aged (addition)
Altona
1969-1970
Grunthal Collegiate (addition)
212 Oak Avenue, Grunthal, RM of Hanover
1970-1971
Co-op Vegetable Oils Administration Building
Altona
1971-1972
Altona Mall
Altona
?
Killarney Shoppers Mall
Killarney
1974
Tolstoi Customs Building
Tolstoi
1975-1976
27 Fourth Street SW, Altona
1980
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Donald Ross “Don” Fonger (1923-2006)
“Business jottings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 January 1963, page 54.
“Award contract [St. Vital Fire Hall],” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 May 1964, page 14.
“Jottings from the business world [Pioneer Electric],” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 1968, page 11.
“Altona home to be enlarged [Ebenezer Home for the Aged],” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 October 1969, page 15.
“Enlarging Grunthal Collegiate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1970, page 15.
[photo caption of Co-op Vegetable Oils Administration Building], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1971.
“Co-op expansion work starts,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 September 1971, page 25.
“Customs building contract awarded,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 November 1975, page 7.
“Meeting told shares for new mall sold,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1974, page 79.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 January 2025
