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Manitoba Business: F. W. Sawatzky Construction Company / FWS Group

This worldwide company was founded in 1953, at St. Boniface, by Franz Wiebe “Frank” Sawatzky.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Safeway Store

Corydon and Lanark, Winnipeg

1956

 

Steinbach Telephone Exchange Building

Main Street, Steinbach

1959

 

Crestview School

333 Morgan Crescent, Winnipeg

1962

 

Public School

The Pas

1963

 

Murdoch Mackay Collegiate

260 Redonda Street, Winnipeg

1963

 

Maginot Arena

910 Maginot Street, Winnipeg

1966

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Franz Wiebe “Frank” Sawatzky (1904-1999)

Sources:

“New Safeway store opens at Corydon and Lanark,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1956, page 23.

“Start school construction at The Pas,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 July 1963, page 12.

“Starting two St. Boniface arenas now,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 1966, page 3.

Reflections On Our Heritage: A History of Steinbach and the R.M. of Hanover From 1874 by Abe Warkentin, 1971, pages 142, 150.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 April 2023
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