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In collaboration with the Weekend Morning Show at CBC Manitoba, the Manitoba Historical Society is highlighting history around the province. Among the places and subjects profiled in this weekly radio feature are schools, churches, stores, homes, grain elevators, military bases, and more. If you would like to suggest a topic for a future installment of the series, please contact the MHS Webmaster.
Past Episodes
Broadcast Date
Topic
MP3 Audio
1 October 2023
A look at past Manitoba provincial elections won by a single vote
24 September 2023
Updates: Max Blankstein’s Shriberg Block (1059 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg); Barney’s Motel (Trans-Canada Highway, Brandon); Telecommunications Repeater Stations 1, 2 and 3 and the legacy of architect Robert B. Ross; the disappearing Red River cruise ships: Paddlewheel Queen, Paddlewheel Princess, and River Rouge; the Manitoba Refinery Building (542 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg); and Archibald Engine House (198 Archibald Street, Winnipeg)
17 September 2023
The three “lonely houses” in Winnipeg’s central core: 236 Edmonton Street, 415 Graham Avenue, 130 Fort Street
10 September 2023
Keewayden Building (138 Portage Avenue East, Winnipeg) and fire insurance maps
3 September 2023
27 August 2023
20 August 2023
Public liquor consumption after the repeal of Prohibition
13 August 2023
Salisbury House North Main (1545 Main Street, Winnipeg) and Salisbury House Drive-In (1860 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg)
6 August 2023
2023 Lieutenant Governor's Awards for Historical Promotion and Preservation
30 July 2023
Thunderbird Bowl (149 Tenth Street, Brandon)
23 July 2023
16 July 2023
Return to Port Nelson and York Factory
9 July 2023
Pine to Prairie Relic Run: The Recap
2 July 2023
Pine to Prairie Relic Run: Driving five old cars from Ontario to Saskatchewan along the original Trans-Canada Highway
25 June 2023
Four former customs buildings at Emerson: Emerson Customs Building, Dominion Post Office Building, Emerson Customs Building, Emerson Customs Building
11 June 2023
Concrete block buildings: Matchettville School No. 1342 (Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne), Booth Concrete Granary (Municipality of North Norfolk), Thomson Concrete Barn (Municipality of North Norfolk), Price Concrete Barn (Municipality of North Norfolk), Ritzer House (Municipality of North Norfolk), A. E. Gardiner Building (116 Main Street, Carberry), Union Bank Building (53 Railway Avenue, Waskada, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada), Northcote School No. 396 (RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain), Tenby School No. 872 (Tenby, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne), Katz House (38 Fifth Avenue NE, Dauphin), St. Peter and St. James Anglican Church (74 Church Street, Flin Flon)
28 May 2023
Former newspaper buildings: Minnedosa Tribune Building, Virden Empire-Advance Building, Brandon Sun Building
14 May 2023
Abandoned saltmaking facilities in northern Manitoba and at Neepawa
30 April 2023
The former Union Bank building at Waskada (Municipality of Brenda-Waskada), the Bergthaler Waisenamt at Altona, and the rise of credit unions in Manitoba
16 April 2023
28 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan sites around Manitoba
2 April 2023
The architectural legacy of the Blankstein family: Max Zev Blankstein (1874-1931), Cecil Nathan Blankstein (1908-1989), Evelyn Blankstein (1913-2001), and Morley Blankstein (1924-2015)
19 March 2023
Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children (RM of Gimli)
5 March 2023
Barney Mollot and his business empire in Brandon, including the abandoned Barney's Motel
19 February 2023
Union Stockyards (Marion Street, Winnipeg)
5 February 2023
Historic sites along Manitoba’s portion of the Trans-Canada Trail, including Mountain Glen School
22 January 2023
Abandoned Manitoba Revisited: an update on the Birtle Indian Residential School
8 January 2023
Some historic structures lost in 2022: Brandon Dairy Farm (1917), Shriners Hospital (1949), Boulton House (1929), Gilchrist House (1932), Gladstone Hotel (?), Rennie Hotel (1939), Capri Motel (?), Pembina Hotel (1953), Elva grain elevator (1897), Elva grain elevator (1916), Tyndall grain elevator (1948), Crystal City grain elevator (1928), Gobert family grain elevator (1920), Kenora Apartments (1914), Tremont Apartments (1914), Ferndale Apartments (1914), Agassiz Youth Centre (1908), St. James Telephone Exchange Building (1916), Virden concrete arch bridge (1924), Virden concrete arch bridge (1920), Holmfield concrete beam bridge (1925). And soon to be demolished: Saigon Apartments (1952).
31 December 2022
18 December 2022
Updates on previous episodes: Mallard Lodge, La Riviere Ski Slopes, Duck Factory #1, Shriners Hospital, Deleau Hoppers, Tree Planting Car, McLaren Stone Outhouse, Red River Cereal
11 December 2022
Pedestrian Subway (Sixth Avenue South, Virden) and Pedestrian Subway (Main Street, Dauphin)
4 December 2022
Pineland Forest Nursery (Sandilands Provincial Forest, RM of Reynolds)
27 November 2022
Blackwood Pickle Factory Building and Blackwood Soda Factory (Mulvey Avenue East, Winnipeg)
20 November 2022
Inglis Grain Elevators (Inglis, RM of Riding Mountain West)
13 November 2022
The fall of a concrete giant, the former Viterra grain elevator near Rosser (RM of Rosser)
6 November 2022
Remembering the First World War through the art of Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
30 October 2022
The ghost town of Nelsonville (RM of Thompson)
23 October 2022
Trespassing in two abandoned country farmhouses
16 October 2022
An MHS project that asks the question “When is an apartment block NOT an apartment block?”
9 October 2022
Gypsum loading facility (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
2 October 2022
Phantom Lake (Flin Flon)
25 September 2022
Heritage harvesting on the Johanson farm (Langruth, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
18 September 2022
Manitoba Refinery Building (542 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg)
11 September 2022
A mysterious death in 1946, possibly by murder, of a farmer near Deloraine that involves abandonment
4 September 2022
Gruber Hamlet, the first Jewish farm settlement in Manitoba (RM of Mossey River)
28 August 2022
Blue plaques on homes of noteworthy Manitobans
21 August 2022
Our Lady of the Prairies Trappist Monastery (RM of Victoria)
14 August 2022
Challenges faced by Manitoba's provincial heritage agencies that could lead to their collapse
7 August 2022
Winnipeg's plague of abandoned buildings
31 July 2022
Grain elevators who are not quite there: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Graysville, RM of Dufferin) and Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator A (Langruth, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
24 July 2022
An attempt to visit the Kanuchuan Generating Station near Gods Lake in northern Manitoba
17 July 2022
Return to Port Nelson
10 July 2022
3 July 2022
The MHS list of top-10 endangered structures for 2022
26 June 2022
An updates episode: Winkler Water Tower, Tyndall Grain Elevator, Royal Canadian Legions, St. James Telephone Exchange Building, original Safeway stores in Portage la Prairie and Deloraine, Medicine Rock Cafe, St. Vladimir's College, Elephant Brand Fertilizer Elevator at Carman
19 June 2022
An abandoned ritual: Beer and Skits of the Winnipeg Press Club
12 June 2022
Two long-time Portage institutions set to close: Manitoba Development Centre and Agassiz Youth Centre
5 June 2022
Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Building / Manitoba Hydro Building (650 Harrow Street, Winnipeg)
29 May 2022
People in Manitoba who did things first
22 May 2022
Research on fallout reporting posts at the national archives in Ottawa
15 May 2022
Park pavilions: Assiniboine Park Pavilion (55 Pavilion Crescent, Winnipeg), Peguis Pavilion (Kildonan Park, Winnipeg), Errick F. Willis Pavilion (International Peace Garden)
8 May 2022
The meat market that is just a basement: North End Mennonite Brethren Church (533 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)
1 May 2022
The summer fun spot of Minaki that what would have been in Manitoba if circumstances had been different
24 April 2022
Small private cemeteries in southern Manitoba, including Highway 30 Mennonite Cemetery (Municipality of Rhineland) and Neu-Reinland Cemetery (RM of Stanley)
10 April 2022
Little Portage (Saskatchewan Avenue East, RM of Portage la Prairie)
3 April 2022
Maternity Pavilion / Women’s Pavilion / Women’s Hospital (735 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)
27 March 2022
Section-Township-Range versus civic addressing versus latitude-longitude for locating historic sites
20 March 2022
More Memorable Manitobans: Aloha Wanderwell, William Anger, Kathleen Rice, Harry Wasylyk, Gladys Balsillie, and Albert Westgate
13 March 2022
Deconstruction of Canada's oldest grain elevator at Elva (Municipality of Two Borders)
6 March 2022
Star Lake Gold Mine (Whiteshell Provincial Park)
27 February 2022
Chain Lakes Quaker Meeting House / Dand United Church (Dand, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
20 February 2022
Masonic halls, including one whose location will not be disclosed: Union Historical Lodge No. 108 (Manitoba Agricultural Museum), Masonic Temple (335 Donald Street, Winnipeg), Elkhorn Lodge No. 74 (Richhill Avenue, Elkhorn, RM of Wallace-Woodworth), Prince of Wales Lodge No. 14 (52 Second Avenue SW, Minnedosa), Manitouwapa Lodge No. 156 (Moosehorn, RM of Grahamdale), Patricia Lodge No. 125 (Sperling, RM of Morris)
13 February 2022
Abandoned cruise ships of the Red River: Paddlewheel Queen, Paddlewheel Princess, River Rouge, Lady Winnipeg, and Lord Selkirk II
6 February 2022
John Ashley Robinson (c1883-1950), the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, and the Craig Block (795 Main Street, Winnipeg)
30 January 2022
House of Ashkenaze Synagogue (297 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)
23 January 2022
Remnants of Eaton’s in Manitoba: Timothy Eaton Statue (345 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg), Eaton’s Department Store (345 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg), Eaton’s Power House Building (260 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg), Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building (333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg), Eaton’s Printing Plant and Warehouse (130 Galt Avenue, Winnipeg), Eaton’s Department Store (Main Street North, Dauphin)
16 January 2022
Historic buildings lost in 2021: International Harvester Building (1735 Pacific Avenue, Brandon), Beveridge Block (802 Main Street, Winnipeg), Ferndale Apartments (486 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg), Erskine Presbyterian Church (Killarney, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain), Evangelical Lutheran Church (Municipality of West Interlake), Cargill Grain Elevator (Pacific Avenue, Brandon), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Homewood, RM of Dufferin), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Lowe Farm, RM of Morris), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Mentmore, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Niverville), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Pierson, Municipality of Two Borders), Paterson Grain Elevator (Pierson, Municipality of Two Borders), National Grain Elevator (Winnipegosis, RM of Mossey River), Red House (Russell, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth), Brunkild Hotel (Brunkild, RM of Macdonald)
9 January 2022
2 January 2022
Chemistry and Physics Building (55 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg)
19 December 2021
Updates on previously discussed topics: Stop butts at Hartney and 17 Wing, more on Father Svoboda’s gyrocopter, Solo stores in Winnipeg neighbourhoods, demolition of Brandon’s Old Red Barn, restoration of Giorgio Barone’s Hi Neighbour Sam statue, winter vault in Deloraine cemetery, demolition of the Fort Garry Legion building, funds for restoration of Kennedy House, demolition of Mallard Lodge
12 December 2021
Grey Owl’s Cabin (Riding Mountain National Park)
5 December 2021
Elephant Brand Fertilizer Elevator (Sixth Street, Hamiota, Municipality of Hamiota)
28 November 2021
Camp Brandon Stop Butt (RM of Cornwallis) and other butts at Paulson, Dauphin, and Souris
21 November 2021
Methodical place naming in Manitoba: Winnipeg's streets named alphabetically with women's names, alphabetical railway stations west of Portage la Prairie, and Winnipeg's short-lived experiment with street numbers
14 November 2021
Armouries in Manitoba: Brandon (1116 Victoria Avenue, Brandon), Dauphin (309 Main Street North, Dauphin), Minnedosa (First Avenue SW, Minnedosa), Minto (969 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg), Portage la Prairie (143 Second Street NE, Portage la Prairie), Strachan/McGregor (551 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg)
7 November 2021
Excelsior Macaroni Factory / Constant Macaroni Factory (254 Dumoulin Street, Winnipeg)
31 October 2021
Canada's first helicopter designed and built by three brothers at Homewood and a gyrocopter flown by an aging Catholic priest
24 October 2021
Metro Meat and other corner stores in Winnipeg
17 October 2021
CPR North Transcona Grain Elevator / Parrish & Heimbecker Grain Elevator (70 Roderick Street, RM of Springfield)
10 October 2021
Moggey Cabin (Municipality of West Interlake)
3 October 2021
The Red Barn at the Brandon Research and Development Centre (Grand Valley Road, Brandon)
26 September 2021
Giorgio “George” Barone (1916-1992), Alpine Archie (Mountainview Drive, McCreary, Municipality of McCreary), and Mount Agassiz Ski Resort (Riding Mountain National Park)
19 September 2021
Harrison Flour Mill (Holmfield, Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain), 2021 recipients of Lieutenant Governor's Awards for Historical Preservation and Promotion, Sumka Brothers market garden store (36 Sumka Road, Winnipeg), digitized copies of The Prairie Garden (1937-1980)
12 September 2021
Ghost towns of Manitoba: Pope (Municipality of Hamiota) and more
5 September 2021
Hoctor Railway Bake Oven (Hoctor Siding, RM of Reynolds)
29 August 2021
Measuring locations of historic sites by GPS, Google Earth, and maps
22 August 2021
Tunnels under Winnipeg
15 August 2021
Melita Winter Vault (Municipality of Two Borders), St. Mary’s Winter Vault (506 Osborne Street, Winnipeg), and Transcona Winter Vault (Dugald Road, RM of Springfield)
8 August 2021
An aborted adventure in northern Manitoba and miscellaneous updates: Birtle Indian Residential School (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View), Transcona Cordite Plant (RM of Springfield), SS Alpha Shipwreck (RM of Victoria), St. Vladimir’s College for Boys (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin), Delta Drive-In Theatre (Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie), Sargenia Terraces (Municipality of Roblin), Fallout Reporting Posts, International Harvester Building (Brandon), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Homewood, RM of Dufferin), Roseisle Hutterite Cemetery (RM of Thompson)
The MHS list of top-10 endangered structures for 2021
1 August 2021
Aynsley Street and the history in street names of Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, and Brandon
25 July 2021
CKX Radio Building (220 Eighth Street, Brandon)
18 July 2021
Leslie Park Monument (Thatcher Drive, Winnipeg)
11 July 2021
Whitewater Municipal Office (Minto, RM of Grassland)
4 July 2021
Margaret McWilliams Awards and the Hecla Island Ferry (Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park)
27 June 2021
George Atkinson, Benjamin Hales and their wandering collection of taxidermic animals
20 June 2021
Roseisle Hutterite Cemetery (RM of Thompson)
13 June 2021
Elkhorn Indian Residential School Cemetery (Elkhorn, RM of Wallace-Woodworth), Brandon Old Indian Residential School Cemetery (Brandon), Brandon Indian Residential School Cemetery (RM of Cornwallis)
A Cup of Cold Water: Alfred Kirkness and the Brandon Residential School Cemeteries by Anne Lindsay, Clare Cook, and David Cuthbert, Manitoba History, Number 78, Summer 2015
MA thesis: “Investigation of unmarked graves and burial grounds at the Brandon Indian Residential School” by Katherine Nichols (Anthropology, University of Manitoba, 2015)
6 June 2021
Pointe du Bois Forestry Cabin (Pointe du Bois, Whiteshell Provincial Park)
30 May 2021
Lemiez Sculpture Garden (RM of Grahamdale)
23 May 2021
Elphinstone Ranch (RM of Yellowhead)
16 May 2021
Commemorative stones in Brandon's Coronation Park
9 May 2021
Brabazon Saunders, the Winnipeg Photo Company, and early views of southwestern Manitoba towns
2 May 2021
Mini golf and the Lord's Day Act
25 April 2021
Haynes Chicken Shack (257 Lulu Street, Winnipeg)
18 April 2021
Arthur Thibaudeau, fake globetrotter in Manitoba
11 April 2021
Monument for Spruce Hills Consolidated School (RM of Victoria) and abandoned telegraph lines
4 April 2021
Historic parking lots of Winnipeg’s Broadway: Fort Garry Court (160 Main), Hudson’s Bay Company Tennis Club (235 Broadway), Broadway Court (251 Broadway), Buckingham Apartments (323 Broadway), Bank of Montreal Tennis Club (333 Broadway), Memorial Park (455 Broadway), Devon Court (376 Broadway), Donalda Grocery (304 Broadway), Canadian National Railway Tennis Club (230 Broadway), Upper Fort Garry Gate Service Station (142 Broadway)
28 March 2021
21 March 2021
Updates on previously discussed topics: blacksmith shops; demolition of Gordon House (Winnipeg), International Harvester Building (Brandon), grain elevators (Pierson), grain elevator (Winnipegosis); Red River Cereal; immigration shed at Fort Dufferin (Emerson-Franklin); nominees for 2020 Margaret McWilliams awards
14 March 2021
Historical lapel pins for places and events in Manitoba
7 March 2021
Xanthoria, a bird-poop-loving lichen that grows on old concrete structures around Manitoba
28 February 2021
Walking tours of early hotels in downtown Winnipeg: Woodbine Hotel (466 Main Street), Garrick Hotel (287 Garry Street), Winnipeg Hotel (214 Main Street), Vendome Hotel (308 Fort Street), Mount Royal Hotel (186 Higgins Avenue), Sutherland Hotel (785 Main Street), Northern Hotel (826 Main Street)
21 February 2021
Donut shops in Winnipeg
14 February 2021
The Margaret McWilliams Awards for excellence in writing about Manitoba history
7 February 2021
The deconstruction of 57 Carlton Street as an alternative to demolition
31 January 2021
Fort Osborne Barracks / Kapyong Barracks (Kenaston Boulevard, Winnipeg)
24 January 2021
17 January 2021
Chinese restaurants in rural Manitoba: Paris Cafe (Newdale) and Rex Cafe (Carberry)
10 January 2021
Old Exhibition Grounds (Winnipeg)
3 January 2021
The death of 12 rural newspapers hastened by the pandemic (and their year of founding): Deloraine Times & Star (1887), Souris Plaindealer (1892), Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times (1893), Carman Valley Leader (1898), Reston Recorder (1905), Morden Times (1911), Melita New Era (1915), Red River Valley Echo (1941), Winkler Times (1958), Interlake Spectator (1972), Selkirk Journal (1985), and Prairie Farmer (2014)
20 December 2020
Ralph Connor Coach House (54 West Gate, Winnipeg), Rowley Coach House (124 Harrow Street, Winnipeg), Dorchester Coach House
13 December 2020
Drones for historical research, including one weighing exactly 249 grams
6 December 2020
Shantz Immigration Sheds (RM of Hanover) and Scandinavia Immigration Hall (Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson)
29 November 2020
Memorable Manitobans: Harvey Kavaner and Red River Cereal, Florence McGregor and Kleerex, Ginger Snook and the Winnipeg city council, and swindler Lord Gordon Gordon, and criteria for adding more
22 November 2020
Roblin City (Churchill)
15 November 2020
L9 Building / Institute of Arctic Ecophysiology Building (Amundsen Road, Churchill)
8 November 2020
Canadian National Railway Station (130 Fisher Avenue E, Portage la Prairie) and the rise and fall of inter-city bus transportation in Manitoba
1 November 2020
The abandoned waterways of Winnipeg: Colony Creek, Browns Creek, McLeod Creek, and Horseshoe Pond
25 October 2020
Post offices in Manitoba, past and present, including the oldest remaining building in Portage la Prairie, and the oldest operating post office in St. Boniface
18 October 2020
The Manitoba Memories Centre: repurposing the soon-to-be-abandoned Hudson's Bay Company store in downtown Winnipeg
11 October 2020
Empty spaces along Brandon’s historic Princess Avenue, former sites of Beaubier Hotel, Brandon City Hall, Brandon Hotel, and Prince Edward Hotel
4 October 2020
Abandoned water wells in Manitoba
27 September 2020
A 97-year-old car crosses a 101-year-old bridge, and The Manitoba Heritage Summit 2020
20 September 2020
Five recipients of the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion awarded in 2020.
13 September 2020
Shipwrecks: Ithaca (northern Manitoba), Port Nelson dredge (northern Manitoba), Port Nelson lighters (northern Manitoba), Winnitoba (Red River), Suzanne E (Lake Winnipeg), and lots more boats that operated in Manitoba through the years
6 September 2020
The last installment of “Remnants of Early Manitoba” on places with an Indigenous connection: Bannock Point Petroforms (Whiteshell Provincial Park), Clay Banks Bison Jump (Municipality of Cartwright-Roblin), Flee Island Entrenchments (RM of Portage la Prairie), Star Mound (Municipality of Louise), Standing Stone Burial Rock (Arrow River, Municipality of Prairie View), Betsey Ramsay Gravesite (Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton), Brandon House Tent Circles (RM of Cornwallis)
30 August 2020
Kiewel Brewery Building (690 St. Joseph Street, Winnipeg)
23 August 2020
Old-school local manufacturing at blacksmith shops: Cartwright Blacksmith Shop (North Railway Street, Cartwright, Municipality of Cartwright-Roblin), Warkentin Blacksmith Shop (RM of St. Francois Xavier), J. R. Amos Blacksmith Shop (101 Second Street, Waskada, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada), Old Stone Blacksmith Shop (Aspen Street, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton)
16 August 2020
9 August 2020
Updates on previously discussed sites: Deleau Hoppers, Railway Tie House, Fallout Monitoring Posts, Scott Memorial Hall, Roseland Curling Rink, Churchill Port Staff House / Television Station CHGH, Old Safeway Stores, Tom Naylor's Skylark, McLaren Stone Outhouse, Maison St. Joseph Orphanage for Boys, Little Mountain School, La Salle Grain Elevator
2 August 2020
An astronomy laboratory buried deep under the Central Normal School in Winnipeg
26 July 2020
Early orphanages of Manitoba
19 July 2020
Remnants of Early Manitoba: natural forests, grasslands, and wetlands of southern Manitoba
12 July 2020
Place names that commemorate disreputable people
5 July 2020
For Canada Historic Places Day, a list of Manitoba’s top-10 endangered structures for 2020
28 June 2020
For the fifth anniversary of Abandoned Manitoba: my favourite ten sites
21 June 2020
McLaren Stone Outhouse (RM of Argyle)
14 June 2020
Winnipeg buildings with an automotive past: Maw Block (280 William Avenue), Maw Garage (111 Princess Street), McLaughlin Carriage Building (206-210 Princess Street), Breen Motor Company Building (245 Main Street), Robert Fletcher Building (1181 Portage Avenue), and CBC Building (543 Portage Avenue)
7 June 2020
Historic parking lots of Main Street in Winnipeg: Fort Garry Court (160 Main), Empire Hotel (171 Main), Dominion Hotel (220 Main), Consolidated Motors Building (233 Main), McIntyre Block (416 Main), and Dominion Bank Building (440 Main)
31 May 2020
Remnants of Early Manitoba: homes over 150 years old
24 May 2020
Grottos at the Mariaggi Hotel (231 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg) and Camp Morton (RM of Gimli)
17 May 2020
Tom Naylor’s Skylark (Delta, RM of Portage la Prairie)
10 May 2020
3 May 2020
The architectural legacy of Alexander Melville: fire halls and telephone exchange buildings with a couple of examples being: Fire Hall No. 8 (325 Talbot Avenue, Winnipeg) and Emerson Telephone Exchange Building (15 Main Street, Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
26 April 2020
19 April 2020
Sundance Town Site (Northern Manitoba)
12 April 2020
Dating those old family photos using the Manitoba Photographers List
5 April 2020
The Safeway (and Piggly Wiggly) invasion of Manitoba in 1929
29 March 2020
Fanning Block / Union Bank Building / Royal Bank Building (Main Street, Newdale, Municipality of Harrison Park)
22 March 2020
Temperance and Prohibition in Manitoba: 1892 Referendum, 1902 Referendum, 1916 Referendum, and 1923 Referendum
15 March 2020
Remnants of Early Manitoba: Nine churches from the 1870s and earlier: St. Andrews-on-the-Red Anglican Church (1845-1849), St. Peter Dynevor Anglican Church (1853-1854), Kildonan Presbyterian Church (1854), Old St. James Anglican Church (1853-1855), St. Anne’s Anglican Church (1859), St. Clement’s (Mapleton) Anglican Church (1860-1861), Christ Church Anglican (1868-1870), Little Britain Presbyterian Church (1872-1874), and St. Luke’s Anglican Church (1876).
8 March 2020
Port Staff House / Television Station CHGH (Polar Bear Honor Street, Churchill)
1 March 2020
Nickel House (Municipality of Prairie View)
23 February 2020
Summerville Curling Rink (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
16 February 2020
Pineview Memorial Crematorium (Waverley Street, Winnipeg)
9 February 2020
Griswold Skating Rink (Griswold, RM of Sifton)
2 February 2020
The launch of Prairie History magazine with an article about the former Claybank Brick Plant in southern Saskatchewan
26 January 2020
Winnipeg's changing Exchange District: Manitoba College of Pharmacy Building (422 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg) and Scott Memorial Orange Hall (216 Princess Street, Winnipeg)
19 January 2020
Remnants of Early Manitoba in the Fur Trade: Prince of Wales Fort (Churchill), St. Andrews Rectory (RM of St. Andrews), York Factory Depot Building (Northern Manitoba), Archway Warehouse (Norway House), Lower Fort Garry (RM of St. Andrews), Upper Fort Garry Gate (130 Main Street, Winnipeg)
12 January 2020
Criddle-Vane Homestead (Aweme, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)
5 January 2020
Pine to Palm Highway Plaque (Pembina Highway, Winnipeg)
29 December 2019
Fargey’s General Store (La Riviere, Municipality of Pembina)
22 December 2019
Victoria Court (471 William Avenue, Winnipeg)
15 December 2019
Donald Bain’s kennel for curly-coated retrievers at Portage la Prairie
8 December 2019
Bound records of the Manitoba Free Press fished out of dumpsters
1 December 2019
The now-abandoned practice of charivari
24 November 2019
Principal Meridian Cairn (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
17 November 2019
International Harvester Building / Public Cold Storage Building (1735 Pacific Avenue, Brandon)
10 November 2019
Swastikas in three Manitoba buildings: Tache Hall, Pointe du Bois Powerhouse, and a balloon annex at an undisclosed location
3 November 2019
Dene Village and Akudlik (Churchill)
27 October 2019
Mariapolis Collegiate (Mariapolis, Municipality of Lorne)
20 October 2019
Tree Planting Car at the Sandilands Forest Discovery Centre (RM of Reynolds)
13 October 2019
Roblin Creamery Building (First Street NW, Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)
6 October 2019
Quarry Superintendent’s House (Garson, RM of Brokenhead)
29 September 2019
22 September 2019
Manitoba’s now-abandoned election method: Proportional Voting
15 September 2019
Honey Wagon Shack (Rosser Avenue East, Brandon)
8 September 2019
Boyd Building (384 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
1 September 2019
Meighen House (131 Dufferin Avenue East, Portage la Prairie)
25 August 2019
Sargenia Terraces (Municipality of Roblin)
18 August 2019
A home southeast of Portage la Prairie made from wood salvaged from an abandoned Midland Railway line
11 August 2019
Deleau Hopper Cars (RM of Sifton)
4 August 2019
What to do with those family photos, documents, albums, scrapbooks, and more
28 July 2019
The fall of Good Harbour Fish Station
21 July 2019
Good Harbour Fish Station (Northern Manitoba)
14 July 2019
Inwood Lime Quarry (RM of Armstrong)
7 July 2019
30 June 2019
Smokey’s Tree Stump (Sandilands Provincial Forest, RM of Reynolds)
23 June 2019
Manitoba’s former railway stations (see a list of surviving stations here)
16 June 2019
A continuation of last week’s conversation on activities in 1970 to commemorate Manitoba's 100th birthday
9 June 2019
2 June 2019
2019 recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion
26 May 2019
Updates on previously discussed sites: Atkinson House, Valley River Suspension Bridge, Grand Trunk Pump House, Eighth Street Bridge, Davidson House, Flax Fibre Warehouses, Demonstration Farmhouse, North Kildonan Municipal Hall, Assiniboine River Needle Dam, Modern Dairy Building, AECL Underground Research Lab
19 May 2019
Trump Siding and Trump Oil Refinery (RM of Morris)
12 May 2019
A conversation with National Geographic photographer Pete Ryan on his work with abandoned buildings in prairie Canada
5 May 2019
Updates on previously discussed sites: Birtle Residential School, Elva Grain Elevator, Lang House, Port Nelson, HMCS Churchill
28 April 2019
AECL Underground Research Laboratory (RM of Lac du Bonnet)
21 April 2019
Gordon House (514 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg)
14 April 2019
Eleanor Kidd Park and Gardens (Assiniboine River, Brandon)
7 April 2019
Consolidated schools: Wingham Consolidated School (RM of Grey), Cypress River Consolidated School (Cypress River, RM of Victoria), Amaranth School (Amaranth, RM of Alonsa)
31 March 2019
Ens Heritage Housebarn (Reinland, RM of Stanley), Friesen Housebarn Interpretive Centre (Neubergthal, RM of Rhineland), Carpenter Housebarn (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
24 March 2019
Coal sheds: Holmfield (Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain), Kane (RM of Morris), Tilston (Municipality of Two Borders), Winnipegosis (RM of Mossey River)
17 March 2019
Trans-Canada Highway Monument (Eastern Manitoba)
10 March 2019
First Baptist Church (1037 Lorne Avenue, Brandon)
3 March 2019
Nanton Gatehouse (229 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg)
24 February 2019
Cowan School Teacherage (RM of Mountain)
17 February 2019
Royal Hotel / 580 Hotel (First Avenue, Binscarth, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)
10 February 2019
Emerson Customs Building (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
3 February 2019
Red River Frame buildings and Henderson House (St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park)
27 January 2019
St. James Fire Hall (200 Berry Street, Winnipeg)
20 January 2019
Starbuck Cemetery (Starbuck, RM of Macdonald), Wheatfield Burial Site (RM of Yellowhead), Shellmouth Pioneers Cemetery (RM of Riding Mountain West), Ostman Grave (RM of Stuartburn), Brandon Indian Residential School Cemetery (RM of Cornwallis)
13 January 2019
Central Judicial District Gaol (20 Third Street SE, Portage la Prairie)
6 January 2019
Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion
30 December 2018
Kanuchuan Generating Station (Kanuchuan River, Northern Manitoba)
23 December 2018
Medicine Rock Cafe (St. Francois Xavier, RM of St. Francois Xavier)
16 December 2018
Kenosewun Centre (Lockport, RM of St. Clements)
9 December 2018
Salvation Army Citadel (221 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg)
2 December 2018
McKinley School No. 1462 (RM of Mountain) and Manitoba’s Rural School Designs
Other surviving Eatons plan schools: Balsam Bay, Belses, Bluebell, Brandon Hills, Cowan, Hillview, Loon Lake, Meleb, Oak Point, Pine Valley, St. Vincent de Paul25 November 2018
18 November 2018
Manitoba House (Kinosota, RM of Alonsa)
11 November 2018
4 November 2018
Hoffman Family Grain Elevator and Mill (RM of Macdonald)
28 October 2018
Sasaginnigak Fire Tower (Sasaginnigak Lake, Atikaki Provincial Park), Woodridge Fire Tower (Woodridge, Woodridge Provincial Park)
21 October 2018
Launching this week, the book More Abandoned Manitoba
14 October 2018
Hodgson Legion Hall (Hodgson, RM of Fisher)
7 October 2018
St. Charles Hotel (235 Notre Dame Avenue), Rubin Block (270 Morley), St. James Hotel (1719 Portage Avenue), and Osborne Village Inn (160 Osborne Street)
30 September 2018
Curry Brothers Building (Municipality of Pembina)
23 September 2018
Grey Nuns’ Convent (St. Francois Xavier, RM of St. Francois Xavier)
16 September 2018
Oxbow Woods (RM of Portage la Prairie)
9 September 2018
Asessippi Townsite (RM of Riding Mountain West)
2 September 2018
26 August 2018
19 August 2018
12 August 2018
5 August 2018
29 July 2018
22 July 2018
15 July 2018
1 July 2018
3 June 2018
Van Horne Farm / Searle Farm (RM of St. Clements)
6 May 2018
Modern Dairy Building (738 St. Joseph Street, Winnipeg)
8 April 2018
Manitoba Power Commission Powerhouse (Minnedosa) / Maps of rural electrification
4 March 2018
St. Boniface Normal School (210 rue Masson, Winnipeg)
4 February 2018
Assiniboine River Needle Dam (Assiniboine River, RM of Portage la Prairie)
7 January 2018
Winnipeg Central Dump / Saskatchewan Avenue Dump / “Garbage Hill” / Westview Park (Winnipeg) and Mixed Garbage and Refuse Destructor / Winnipeg Incinerator / Maude Street Incinerator (Henry Avenue, Winnipeg)
3 December 2017
Brandon House No. 1 (Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)
5 November 2017
St. Boniface Water Tower (552 Plinguet Street, Winnipeg)
1 October 2017
Circus Drive-In Theatre / Delta Drive-In Theatre (Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie)
24 September 2017
17 September 2017
10 September 2017
British-American Cement Plant (Sturgeon Road, RM of Rosser)
3 September 2017
Campbell Soup Plant (Fifteenth Street NW, Portage la Prairie)
27 August 2017
Caddy Lake Emergency Airfield (Whiteshell Provincial Park)
20 August 2017
Canadian Pacific Railway Bergen Cutoff Bridge (Red River, Winnipeg)
13 August 2017
Salt Plains Raceway (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
6 August 2017
RCAF Station Bird (Fox Lake Cree Nation)
30 July 2017
York Factory Depot Building (Hayes River, Northern Manitoba)
23 July 2017
Lido Plage Resort (RM of Cartier), Holmfield Swimming Hole (Long River, Holmfield, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)
16 July 2017
North Kildonan Municipal Hall (1400 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)
9 July 2017
Misericordia General Hospital (20 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)
2 July 2017
Pine Falls Paper Mill (Powerview-Pine Falls)
25 June 2017
Davidson Ranch / Manitoba Dairy Farms (Marchand, RM of La Broquerie), Carter Farm Silo (RM of La Broquerie), and Schau Farm Silos (RM of La Broquerie)
18 June 2017
Palace Theatre (501 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg)
11 June 2017
Canadian National Railway Water Tower / Prisoner-of-War Camp (RM of Roland)
4 June 2017
Grand Rapids Tramway (Grand Rapids, Northern Manitoba)
28 May 2017
Carnegie Library / City of Winnipeg Archives (380 William Avenue, Winnipeg)
21 May 2017
Conestoga Campsites (1341 St. Anne's Road, Winnipeg)
14 May 2017
Crabby Steve’s Dance Hall (RM of Armstrong)
7 May 2017
Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (Tyndall, RM of Brokenhead)
30 April 2017
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bridge (Assiniboine River, Brandon) and grain elevators on the CNR Wawanesa Subdivision: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator (Hilton, RM of Prairie Lakes), Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Wawanesa, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa), and Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator “B” (Rounthwaite, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)
23 April 2017
Demonstration Farm House (44 Water Street, Killarney, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)
15 April 2017
Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Children / Rehabilitation Centre for Children (611-633 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg)
9 April 2017
Captain William Kennedy House (417 River Road, RM of St. Andrews)
2 April 2017
26 March 2017
Red River / Netley-Libau Marsh (RM of St. Clements)
19 March 2017
Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead (Municipality of Gilbert Plains)
12 March 2017
St. Peter Dynevor Anglican Rectory / Dynevor Indian Hospital / St. John’s Cathedral Boys’ School (1147 Breezy Point Road, RM of St. Andrews)
5 March 2017
Reginald Buller Monument (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg)
26 February 2017
Manitoba Sugar Company Plant (555 Hervo Street, Winnipeg)
19 February 2017
Gilbert Plains Beef Ring Building (Municipality of Gilbert Plains)
12 February 2017
Grainfields School No. 2186 (Municipality of Roblin)
5 February 2017
Langtry Fox Farm Tower (RM of Rockwood) / Rempel Janz Fox Barn (RM of Hanover) / Emerson Fox Barn (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
29 January 2017
Duck Factory No. 1 Building (Oak Hammock Marsh, RM of Rockwood)
22 January 2017
Chapman Museum (Municipality of Riverdale)
15 January 2017
Masonic Temple / Mother Tucker’s Restaurant (335 Donald Street, Winnipeg)
8 January 2017
Sovereen Eight-sided Log House (Swan River)
31 December 2016
Winnipeg Canoe Club (47 Dunkirk Drive, Winnipeg)
24 December 2016
Flax Fibre Warehouses (North Railway Street, Killarney, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)
18 December 2016
Updates on a few sites from the past 18 months (Terry Macleod’s retirement)
11 December 2016
J. R. Watkins Company Building (90 Annabella Street, Winnipeg)
4 December 2016
Brookeville Granite Quarry (East Braintree, RM of Reynolds)
27 November 2016
Ivan Franko Hall (Lorne Hill Road, RM of Springfield)
20 November 2016
Biffie Burn Monument (Bowsman, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)
13 November 2016
Emerson CPR Station (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
6 November 2016
The town of Pointe du Bois (Whiteshell Provincial Park)
30 October 2016
Scallion House and Granary (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)
23 October 2016
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery (Rofton, RM of Stuartburn)
16 October 2016
Manitoba Industrial Farm / Prison Farm (RM of Reynolds)
9 October 2016
Davidson House (344 Main Street East, Neepawa)
2 October 2016
Elie Strawboard Plant (Elie, RM of Cartier)
25 September 2016
Swistun Buddas (RM of Harrison Park)
18 September 2016
Brookdale Grain Warehouse (Brookdale, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
11 September 2016
Fairford Railway Bridge (RM of Grahamdale)
4 September 2016
Eighth Street Bridge (Brandon)
28 August 2016
Camp Hughes (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
21 August 2016
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Dam and Pump House (Rivers, Municipality of Riverdale)
14 August 2016
Fort Ellice trails: Neepawa, RM of Wallace-Woodworth, and Birtle
7 August 2016
Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator (Quadra, Municipality of Prairie View)
31 July 2016
Canada Cement Plant (McGillivray Boulevard, Winnipeg)
24 July 2016
Totogan Town Site (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
17 July 2016
Valley River Suspension Bridge (RM of Dauphin)
10 July 2016
Redemptorist Fathers College / St. Vladimir’s College (Roblin, Municipality of Roblin)
3 July 2016
HMCS Churchill / CFS Churchill / Churchill Naval Base (Churchill)
26 June 2016
Lyons House (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)
19 June 2016
A. E. McKenzie Building (30 Ninth Street, Brandon)
12 June 2016
Kirkjubol Cemetery (Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park)
5 June 2016
Valleyview Building (Brandon Mental Health Centre, First Street, Brandon)
29 May 2016
Northern Woods and Water Route Monument (RM of Rosser)
22 May 2016
Mapping Manitoba’s historic sites, part 2
15 May 2016
Mapping Manitoba’s historic sites, part 1
8 May 2016
Atkinson House (RM of Hamiota)
1 May 2016
Hartney Town Hall (220 West Railway Street, Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)
24 April 2016
Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church (Sclater, RM of Mountain)
17 April 2016
Bradley Gravesite (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
10 April 2016
La Riviere Ski Slopes (La Riviere, RM of Pembina)
3 April 2016
Leacock House “The Castle” (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
27 March 2016
Bender Hamlet (RM of Armstrong)
20 March 2016
SS Alpha Shipwreck (RM of Victoria)
13 March 2016
Scheppers Agricultural College / Sacred Heart College (Swan Lake, Municipality of Lorne)
6 March 2016
Flee Island Entrenchments (RM of Portage la Prairie)
28 February 2016
Loyal Orange Lodge (Graysville, RM of Dufferin)
21 February 2016
Manitoba College of Pharmacy Building (422 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)
14 February 2016
Fort Daer (Pembina, North Dakota)
7 February 2016
Defence Industries Limited Cordite Plant / Transcona Cordite Plant (RM of Springfield)
31 January 2016
Fort Ellice (RM of Ellice-Archie)
24 January 2016
Harrison Mill and Grain Elevators (Holmfield, Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)
17 January 2016
Canadian Pacific Railway Engine House (Reston, RM of Pipestone)
10 January 2016
Elma Pool Hall and Residence (Elma, RM of Whitemouth)
3 January 2016
Port Nelson (Hudson Bay, Northern Manitoba)
20 December 2015
Kilkenny General Store (Broomhill, Municipality of Two Borders)
13 December 2015
Star Mound / Star Mound School No. 413 (Municipality of Louise)
6 December 2015
Mallard Lodge / Delta Marsh Field Station (RM of Portage la Prairie)
29 November 2015
Rapid City School No. 124 (Rapid City, RM of Oakview)
22 November 2015
Manitoba Glass Company Site (Beausejour)
15 November 2015
Carnegie Monument (Municipality of Riverdale)
8 November 2015
Betsey Ramsay Grave (Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)
1 November 2015
Copley Anglican Church and Cemetery (Municipality of Two Borders)
25 October 2015
Clay Banks Bison Jump (Municipality of Cartwright-Roblin)
18 October 2015
Vulcan Iron Works (105 Maple Street North, Winnipeg)
11 October 2015
Ninette Sanatorium (Ninette, RM of Prairie Lakes)
4 October 2015
Lang House (RM of Pembina)
27 September 2015
Old Deloraine Bank Vault (Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
20 September 2015
Little Saskatchewan River Generating Station / Hydroelectric Power Dam (RM of Whitehead)
13 September 2015
Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator (Elva, RM of Two Borders)
6 September 2015
Sidney Brickworks (Sidney, RM of North Norfolk)
30 August 2015
York Lodge / Kirchhoffer Lodge / The Chimney (Delta Marsh, RM of Portage la Prairie)
23 August 2015
Gervais Bowstring Arch Bridge (RM of Portage la Prairie)
16 August 2015
Rosehill Limestone Quarry and Kilns (RM of Siglunes)
9 August 2015
Telecommunications Repeater Station (RM of Morris)
2 August 2015
Matchettville School No. 1342 (Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne)
26 July 2015
McArdle Salt Works (near Lake Winnipegosis)
19 July 2015
No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School (Paulson, RM of Dauphin)
12 July 2015
Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children (RM of Gimli)
5 July 2015
Union Stockyards (Marion Street, Winnipeg)
28 June 2015
Birtle Indian Residential School (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
See also:
Manitoba Business: CBC Manitoba
Sources:
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 September 2023
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