Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough Link to: Book Contents | Where to Buy | Public Events | See Also | The Author Based on the series on CBC’s Weekend Morning Show, Abandoned Manitoba from Great Plains Publications is a full-colour, richly illustrated book that looks at 36 abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned, and what they tell us about the history of the province. Published by Great Plains Publications ISBN 978-1927855485 264 pages $29.95 18 October 2016

Book Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CHAPTERS

Here are small samples of the chapters in Abandoned Manitoba. Read the book for the full stories.

SS Alpha Shipwreck	Atkinson House	Bender Hamlet
Birtle Indian Residential School	Grave of F. T. Bradley	Copley Anglican Church
Transcona Cordite Plant	Fort Daer	Bowstring Bridge at Gervais
Orange Hall at Graysville	Harrison Flour Mill	Hartney Town Hall
Pool Elevator at Helston	Old Ski Slopes at La Riviere	Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children
E. P. Leacock’s Castle	Leary Brickworks	Little Saskatchewan River Hydro Dam
Mallard Lodge	Manitoba Glassworks	Matchettville School
McArdle Saltworks	Telephone Repeater Hut	Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Ninette
Air Force Gunnery School near Dauphin	Manitoba Pharmacy College	Port Nelson
Grave of Betsey Ramsay	Rapid City Consolidated School	Rose Hill Lime Kilns
Scheppers Agricultural College	Churches at Sclater	Star Mound
Union Stock Yards	Valleyview Building	Vulcan Iron Works

3. CONCLUSION

Where to Buy

RETAIL McNally Robinson Booksellers 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg 204-475-0483 800-561-1833 (toll-free) FortWhyte Alive Gift Shop 1961 McCreary Road, Winnipeg Tergesen’s General Merchant 82 First Avenue, Gimli 204-642-5958 Coles Brandon Shoppers Mall, 1570 - 18th Street, Brandon 204-571-9196 Chapters St. Vital Unit 85 - 1225 St Mary’s Road, Winnipeg 204-256-0777 Chapters Polo Festival 695 Empress Street, Winnipeg 204-775-5999 And at fine bookstores everywhere

ONLINE Great Plains Publications McNally Robinson Booksellers Amazon Chapters-Indigo

Public Events

Please contact the author if your group would be interested in having a presentation on Abandoned Manitoba.

Date	Event	Location
Friday, 2 June, noon	Presentation & Book Signing	Charleswood Community Leaders Park West Inn, 525 Dale Boulevard, Winnipeg

See Also

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba

The Author

Gordon Goldsborough is the Head Researcher, Webmaster, and a Past President of the Manitoba Historical Society, and Production Coordinator & Pageant Editor of Manitoba History magazine. For the past six years, he has been mapping historic sites all over Manitoba, including schools, churches, stores, homes, grain elevators, military bases, and more. Besides his historical interests, Goldsborough is a member of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba. He is a water quality specialist concerned with the impacts of humans on lakes and wetlands. He is the Chair of the Manitoba Water Council and a representative for Canada on the International Joint Commission’s International Red River Board. Contact the author at gordon@mhs.mb.ca.

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