The first issue of the Rock Lake Review was published on 4 January 1899 in Cartwright. Later known as the Rock Lake Review and Cartwright Enterprise, since 1904 it was published under the banner Southern Manitoba Review. Robert James Campbell Stead edited the paper until 1908 when its operation was taken over by his brother-in-law, David John Wallace. Designated as an MHS Centennial Business, the newspaper closed with a final edition on 23 December 2021.
Period
Publisher and Editor
1899-1908
Robert James Campbell Stead (1880-1959)
1908-1916
David John Wallace (1887-1945)
1916-1942
David John Wallace (1887-1945)
William Dudgeon “Bill” Wallace (1889-1942)1942-1958
David John Wallace (1887-1945)
Henry Albert “Harry” Wallace (1914-1992)1958-1988
Henry Albert “Harry” Wallace (1914-1992)
1988-2021
Period
Associate Editor
1946-1976
Isabel Winslow Wallace (1895-1976)
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by A. M. Pratt, Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1967, pages 477-478.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 March 2023
