Manitoba History: Number 68, Spring 2012

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The Churchill Railway Station, 1992

The station was built in 1929-30 to serve as the terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway, primarily to move grain to the new port on Hudson Bay, and illustrates the railway’s crucial role in the development of northern Manitoba. The building was declared a Heritage Railway Station in 1992. It has since been restored by Parks Canada.

Source: Parks Canada

This full issue is also available in PDF format.

Manitoba Expands Northward: A Special Edition of Manitoba History
by Jim Mochoruk

Developing a Better Model: Aboriginal Employment and the Resource Community of Leaf Rapids, Manitoba (1971-1977)
by Sarah Ramsden

High Stakes and Hard Times: Herb Lake and Depression-Era Mining in Northern Manitoba
by Will Steinburg

W. J. Waines, the IUN Crisis of 1978, and the Development of Post-Secondary Education in Northern Manitoba
by Jennifer Marchant & Tom Mitchell

A Trapper’s Diary from Northern Manitoba, 1928-1946
by Rosemary Malaher

Roblin City: A Gleaming Metropolis on the Bay
by James Burns & Gordon Goldsborough

James Isham (c1716-1761): How an Eighteenth Century Fur Trader is Influencing Canada Today
by Scott Stephen

Book Reviews

P. G. Downes, Sleeping Island: The Narrative of a Summer’s Travel in Northern Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. Edited with a new Introduction and Notes by R. H. Cockburn
by Graham A. MacDonald

Frances Swyripa, Storied Landscapes: Ethno-Religious Identity and the Canadian Prairies
by Peter J. Melnycky

Hugh A. Dempsey, Always an Adventure: An Autobiography
by W. B. Yeo

Cool Things in the Collection:
Spotlight on Northern Manitoba, Photographs in the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
by Debra Moore

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