The four concrete piers of a bridge over the Whitemouth River in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth are one of the few surviving remnants of the Manitoba Eastern Railway Company, a subsidiary of the Winnipeg Electric Company. Built in 1928 to deliver construction supplies for the Seven Sisters Generating Station, the 13-mile railway line from Whitemouth to Seven Sisters Falls was dismantled in the mid-1950s.
Concrete piers of the former Manitoba Eastern Railway bridge over the Whitemouth River (1987)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.03112, W96.03157
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Seven Sisters Generating Station (Winnipeg River, RM of Whitemouth)
Manitoba Business: Winnipeg Electric Railway Company / Winnipeg Electric Company
“New railway company is granted charter,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 May 1928, page 6.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 February 2025
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