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