Manitoba Business: M and M Construction / Macaw and Macdonald

This Winnipeg-based construction company was founded in 1908 by Arthur Macaw and Robert Johnstone MacDonald.

Building

Location

Year

Status

Grosvenor Apartments

812 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Cobourg Apartments

883 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Provencher Bridge

Winnipeg

1914-1918

Demolished (?)

Bowsman Union School No. 1273

Bowsman

1926

Demolished (?)

Steel Pony Truss Bridge

Brokenhead River, RM of Brokenhead

1927

 

Highway #10 Concrete Bridge

RM of Whitewater

1929

 

Island Park Bridge

Royal Road, Portage la Prairie

1929

Demolished (2019)

Steel Beam Bridge

RM of Lac du Bonnet

1930-1931

 

Hudson’s Bay Company Building

Churchill

1933

 

St. James Bridge

Winnipeg

1935-1936

 

Selkirk Lift Bridge

Red River, Selkirk

1935-1936

 

Portage Avenue Subway / Omand’s Creek Bridge

Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1936-1937

 

Hudson’s Bay Company Building

Flin Flon

1938

 

Pine Falls Generating Station

Powerview

1949-1950

 

Red River Bridge

Red River, St. Jean

?

 

Island Park Bridge

Portage la Prairie

?

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Macaw (1880-1958)

Memorable Manitobans: Robert Johnstone MacDonald (1875-1949)

Sources:

“New store at Churchill,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 August 1933, page 24.

“Flin Flon to have new retail store,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 June 1938, page 22.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 June 2024