Index
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1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
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1870 - 1879
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The
World
1876: Battle of Little Bighorn, June 25 and 26. A combined
Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho force, overwhelms the 7th Cavalry
Regiment of the United States.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell successfully transmits the first
bi-directional transmission of clear speech. An improved design for the
“telephone” was patented the next year.
Canada
1874: The newly created Northwest Mounted Police march west from
Dufferin,
Manitoba, on passing the Turtle Mountains they have a brief glimpse of
some of the Minnesota Sioux and their white captives.
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Manitoba
1874: July 31 - First Russian Mennonites arrive at Winnipeg on the
steamer International.
1878: December 4 - First freight by rail reached St. Boniface. Two
days later, the first freight for export was shipped by rail from St.
Boniface via steamer.
First grain elevator built in Manitoba at Niverville.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1874
Survey of region that would become Daly R.M.
completed.
1878
Rapid City (originally known as Farmer’s Crossing)
established. A Land
Office was located there. Daly pioneers registered their claims at that
office.
1879
Steamboats service established on the Assiniboine as far as Fort
Ellice.
T. Cousins among the first to settle in Daly – constructed a cabin.
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1880 - 1889
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The
World
1882: Thomas Edison builds the first power plant in New York.
1885: Karl Benz patents his first automobile.
1889: The Eiffel Tower opens in Paris.
Canada
In 1885, after long-standing grievances remain unaddressed, Louise Riel
and Gabriel Dumont lead an uprising of Metis in the Saskatchewan River
Valley communities in the Prince Albert - Battleford regions.
Subsequent actions by native groups lead by Big Bear and Poundmaker
create concern in Manitoba communities but relations between settlers
and native people remain peaceful.
Manitoba
1881: March 2 - Manitoba Boundaries Act passed in Parliament, providing
for an extension of the province’s borders.
The town of Brandon is created in May of 1881 when the site is selected
over Grand Valley as a crossing and divisional point on the C.P.R.
Within a month it is a busy centre.
The Assiniboine Rivers floods, putting much of the Assiniboine Valley
under water, much as it was in 2011.
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1883:
An act of the legislature set up 4 municipalities within the
County of Souris River, including Arthur.
Arthur included Ranges 27,28 & 29; townships 1,2, and 3.
Powers given allowed municipalities to bonus industries and railways by
cash donation and by tax exemptions for a number of years.
1884 : In 1884 the Province was divided and organized into separate
Municipalities.
Homestead Regulations eased to attract more settlers. Three options
existed:
1. Three year’s cultivation and residence – with the
settler not absent for more than six months in any one year.
2. Taking up residence for two years and nine months within two miles
of the homestead and then afterwards residing in a habitabgle house on
homestead for three months at any time prior to applying for the
patent. With 10 acres to be broken ion the first year, 15 in the
second, and 15 in the third.
3. A five year system that allowed the settler to live anywhere for the
first two years as long as he began to cultivate the land within six
months and build a habitable house.
1885: The end of steamboat service on the upper Assiniboine.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1880
Zachary Baily homesteaded in 1880.
First settlers in the Tarbolton area.
Charles Stewart homesteaded 14-11-20
1881
Brandon founded
Assiniboine floods
C.P.R/ lands in the Tarbolton area selling for $2.50 an acre.
1882
Lothair Post Office Opened Sept. 1, 1882 on 22-12-22.
James Pettit represents the Daly region on the Brandon County Council
the current form of local government.
1883
Tarbolton School was built in 1883 on NE 20-11-22
First accidental death by gunshot. William Pierson shot himself in the
upper arm. The doctor from Brandon saw the need for amputation and by
the time he returned three days later gangrene had set in. (KB)
James Pettit elected first Reeve of Daly.
1884
Daly Union School established in 1884.
Bradwardine Post office est 1884 in the home of John Parr a few miles
west of the present village of Bradwardine in the R.M. of Woodworth.
Roseville Mission Hall, the first church in the R.M., was built in 1884
on NE 28-11-20.
In 1884 the Province was divided and organized into separate
Municipalities.
At the house of William Creighton, Sec. 11-21,in the Municipality
of Daly, on January 8th, 1884, the first meeting of the Council took
place with James Pettit as Reeve.
In 1884 a bridge was being built across the Little Saskatchewan at the
original Pendennis Post office, Section 14 -12- 21
1885
Ancrum School was built in the hamlet of Ancrum
Dec. 16th – first marriage in Roseville Mission Church –
Councillor J.W. Stewart of Brandon and Miss Emily Wheatley of
Roseville.
Wheatland School District formed in the R.M. of Blanchard, several km
north of the current location of the village. The name was later
borrowed for the new village located in Daly with the arrival of the
rail line.
1886
The Liberal Party held a meeting in the Ancrum
schoolhouse in May.
Mayor Smart of Brandon attended.
1887
Roden Post Office established in the log house of Thomas Seens W
22-11-22
Poplar Hill School on SE 1-11-20 was established in 1887
Harrow School was built in 1887 SW 22-11-20
1888
Tarbolton Presbyterian built in 1888
Spring Valley School was built ca. 1888 by John Moore on 12-11-22
1889
Hunter School was built in 1889 on NW 5-11-20
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1890 - 1899
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The
World
World’s Columbia Exposition (World Fair) opens in Chicago in 1893
– to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Columbus’s
arrival in the new world (1492). Featured prominently are exhibits
highlighting the possibilities of electricity.
Canada
1891: The end of the John A. McDonald era.
1896: Gold discovered in the Klondike.
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Manitoba
Manitoba School’s Question divides the nation as governments
decide on the future of French Language instruction in schools.
The Manitoba Government authorizes the formation of local
Farmer’s Institutes and provides some grants. The goal is to
improve farming practices.
The Farmer’s Institute Act - 1890 – offers support to local
farm groups.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1892
Lothair School built in 1892 on NE 26-12-22
Bridge counstructed over the Assiniboine north of Alexander.
1893
Forrester’s Lodge Hall built at Ancrum
1894
First Kirkham’s Bridge built
1897
Washed out Kirkham’s Bridge rebuilt ¼ mile downstream
at
current site – last wooden bridge to be built in Mb.
1898
Pendennis School was built on 7-21-20 in 1898
John Howie of Bradwardine leads a cattle drive to the Yukon gold
fields. (See Bradwardine History)
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1900 - 1910
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The
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1901: Queen Victoria dies, Jan. 22. Edward the VII reigns.
1901: Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic.
1903: Ford Motor Co. established to manufacture automobiles
Canada
May 15, 1909: an Earthquake is felt across the prairies.
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Manitoba
1901: Manitoba’s first Hydro-electric plant opens on the Little
Saskatchewan River northwest of Brandon.
1906: Manitoba farmers organize the “Grain Growers’ Grain
Company” with shares available at $25. For any farmer wanting to
join.
1908: Manitoba Government Telephones takes over the telephone service.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1900
Proposed route for the Great Northwest Central Railway was to allow for
a station at Ancrum. A dispute about land price causes the railway to
choose the Bradwardiine location.
1903
The Grand Trunk established a subsidiary, the Grand
Trunk Pacific
Railway, to build a line from Winnipeg to the Pacific
1905
Construction began on the Canadian Prairies in 1905,
the year that the
provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were established with the first
sod turned near Carberry, Manitoba on August 29.
1906
North American Lumber Co. founded in Rivers .
Kirkham’s Bridge rebuilt of steel. Hank Koester who also built
the Pendennis Bridge
1907
Construction proceeded west to Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan in 1907
1907 GTP line as far the river – town 1 mile west to be
named after Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson
Much building material shipped on CPR to Wheatland or Pettapiece
1907 Telephone service begins in Kirkham’s Bridge District
1907 R.S. MacKenzie opens first General Store in Rivers
1908
W. Buggey – first GTP Agent.
Sept 21 – first GTP passenger service. - a tri-weekly timetable
in each direction.
Mail for the first time brought from Winnipeg by GTP on Oct. 5. Now had
service from Winnipeg and Wheatland (CPR)
The new rail line brought politicians. Clifford Sifton and T.C.
Norris, of Laurier's Liberal gov't took full credit, with Sifton
claiming that the Consrvatived had opposed building the line.
Conservative candidate T.Mayne Daly came claiming a Conservatibe
government would be committed to the GTP. P6
Exce. Charles Melville Hays and F.W. Morse also visted.
22 yr old Samuel White had one leg severed by a locomotive and later
died. The throttle had been defective according to a coroner's which
also noted that no ashpit was provided in the Rivers yard for the
safety of those who cleaned out locomotive ashpans.. The railway
company was found guilty of gross negligence.
Grand Trunk Pacific Staton completed in Rivers.
1908 GTP Trestle Bridge completed in Rivers
The mile-long trestle bridge , the longest of its kind in wetsern
Canada, completed. 2-story depot with Company offices. Roundhouse and
shops – terminal yards.
Rail traffic began July 30, 1908.
1909
GTP land needed for school and cemetery
Through passenger service established – 12 ¾ hr schedule
between Winnipeg and Melville – no stopover needed at Rivers.
Visit by Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson – chairman of directors
(Former Minister of Finance in Egypt. Last official visit – before
retirement. Extension to car shops in Rivers considered - He and
wife and
System general manager Charles M. Hays and other dignitaries. - toured
the town
GTP reaches Edmonton, Alberta in 1909
May 15, 1909 – Earthquake – felt across the prairies.
Rivers (Mile 142) - R.P.O. service established to Winnipeg in 1909
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1910 - 1920
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The
World
1912: Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg on its first voyage.
1914: WW 1 – 1914 – 18
1917: Russian Revolution and the beginning of Communist rule.
Canada
Conscription Crisis
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Manitoba
Widespread drought
Winnipeg General Strike
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1910
Free GT transportation to men and trees (from Ontario) to beautify the
town
Rumours of branch lines for the GT – to Brandon to connect with
the Great Northern. To Kamsak and to Regina – crossing the CP at
around Elkhorn.
1911
Railway strike.
GTP crosses the Continental Divide in 1910-1911
1912
− visit of Duke and Duchess of
Connaught
– youngest son of Queen Victoria – initial Royal train to
pass over Grand Trunk Pacific lines.
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− the building of shack-shelters near the
railroad shops for men who had been living in tents, the start of
construction on a G.T.P. Freight shed, completion of the comapny's new
coal dock
− Rivers man – Robert McIntyre –
slipped beneath wheels of moving train – lost both legs.
− Engineer Hartnett accidentally killed at Edson
GTP President Charles M. Hays died on the RMS Titanic, 14 April,
14, 1912
1913
Yard engine and two cars crashed over the end of the
coal dock after
the locomotive throttle refused to function, causing serious injuries
to brakeman George Hile and forcing engineer Joe Rymal and D.J.D. Ellis
to jump for safety.
1914
GTP completed to Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1914.
1915
W. Files engineer died when his freight train ran into a gap which
– prior to a cyclone had been the 115 ft. high Miinewaska bridge. GTP
trains routed oved CPR lines via Minnedosa.
1917
GTP Station station burns down on March 4 and a new
station was started in July and finished by September.
The new station features a restaurant called “The Beanery”
1919
In 1919 the Grand Trunk Pacific station (later bought by CN) discussed
the possibilities with ( the new and growing) Town of Rivers provision
of electricity from its generator. The discussions culminated with Town
of Rivers Bylaws 120 and 121 proclaiming a $9,000.00 debenture to fund
the electrical distribution to the town. This was the railway leading
the way for the community with some vision for growth.
The Rivers Gazette, July 10, 1919 proclaimed Bylaw 120 & 121
for the funding of an electrical distribution system off the generator
at Grand Trunk Pacific and I have attached the following articles
related to same. This is how Rivers received its first electricity.
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1920 - 1929
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The
World
The conditions imposed upon Germany after WW1 help trigger an economic
collapse and political turmoil that results leads to the rise of Adolph
Hitler and his Nazi Party.
1927: Charles Lindberg flies solo from New York to Paris.
Canada
Post-War adjustments are difficult. The “Roaring Twenties”
though fondly remembered most correctly apply to the latter part of the
decade.
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Manitoba
1920:The Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association becomes “The
United Farmers of Manitoba.” It turned its attention to
progressive farm legislation
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1920
On July 12, 1920 the GTPR was placed under the management of Crown
corporation Canadian National Railways (CNR)
1923
The Grand Trunk Pacific was completely absorbed into
the CNR.
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1930 - 1939
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The
World
The depression set off by the stock market collapse in late 1929 is
felt across North America and Europe.
Sept.1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, setting off World War 2
Canada
The effect of the world-wide economic depression is compounded in
Western Canada by an extended drought.
In 1936 the Federal Government cancelled debt for feed and wrote off
many advances to to the drought areas.
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Manitoba
The effects of the drought on the prairies are felt most acutely in the
southwest corner of the province.
The Farmer’s Creditors Arrangement Act – aims to reduce
farm debt loads.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1930
Rivers Airfield opened Feb. 17, 1930 - operation of mail planes
began one week later
1932
March 31, 1932 – Canada’s airmail service ends.
Deliveries had been made at Rivers Airfield.
1937
Dominion airway engineers selected a nearby site of
40 acres in
connection with a prospective cross Canada air service.. Contract let
for grading surfacing and fencing of Rivers Intermediate
Aerodrome.
1939
Train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
stops very briefly in
Rivers on its way east. The King appeared in his dressing gown to wave
a short greeting as the train as the train started moving.
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1940 - 1949
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The
World
December, 1941 the United States enters the war after the
Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbour
1945 – WW2 ends..
Canada
Aug. 19: Nearly 1000 Canadians die and 2000 are taken prisoner in the
failed raid on Dieppe.
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Manitoba
Rationing and consumer goods shortages become a way of life.
Manitoba Power Commission decides to extend service to more rural
areas.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1940
Construction begins on buildings to be used by the Royal Canadian Air
Force training program.
Announcement that 700 novice pilots from Trenton ON will be transferred
to Rivers.
First family to arrive was that of Flt. Lieut. J.Hone.
Housing becomes scarce. Town council encouraged conversion of all
available space into apartments.
War Services Committee organized.
Hall on Second Street renamed the “Tailspin Inn”
1941
First Navigation School tradgedy – five Canadian die as a plane
crashed on takeoff
1942
The Air Navigation School renamed in May 1942 under
the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) as No.1 Air Navigation School
(No.1 ANS)
In 1942, No.1 ANS merged with No.2 ANS from Pennfeld Ridge (New
Brunswick) to form No.1 Central Navigation School (No.1 CNS)
1943
The Town of Rivers launched Aid to Russia, Milk for
Britain, Chinese
and Greek WarRelief Funds
A troop train and a general passenger train collided at St.
Lazare and planes from the No.1 CNS were used to tranposrt injured to
the air station hospital
The first army parachutists to jump in Canada flew from Rivers in June
1943 in a Lodestar aircraft to "drop" at Camp Shilo. They had been
trained in England and the United States.
1944
The six ton bomb that destroyed the German battleship
Tipitz was
released by Rivers-born F/O Walter Daniel. He was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross
1945
A trade group arranges a V-E Day Celebration, and
launches a
twelve-member Rehabilitation Committee.
1 Week after V-J Day , No1. CNS, the largest training centre of its
kind on the North American continent, closed (temporarily) . The event
was marked by Air Force Day – an event that drew about 12000
people – the greatest crowd to ever assemble in the region.
In five years No. 1 CNS saw 126 classes graduate. Personnel at its peak
totaled 3000.
In October 1945 a plan for Army/ Air activities in Canada resulted in
the formation of No. 1 Airborne Research and Development Centre located
at Camp Shilo. By April 1947 sufficient progress had been made to
permit the unit to be called the Joint Air School and it was moved to
Rivers.
1947
Jan. 15- RCAF Guards took charge of Rivers
Airport.
In 1947 the Canadian Parachute Training Centre, established at Camp
Shilo in 1942, merged with the Airborne School of the Canadian Joint
Air Training Centre and moved to RCAF Station Rivers, making the
station Canada’s main para-training centre.
Joint Air School and it was moved from Camp Shilo to Rivers under the
command of G/C M. G. Doyle.
Its function was to meet all the requirements of training and
development for the Canadian forces in tactical support of land and
airborne operations.
May 3 – first group of 300 trainees were traqnsferred from Camp
Shilo.
Carol Yvonne Schmitz was the first “air school child” born
in Madden Nursing Home.
Also in 1947, the Army Aviation Tactical Training School was
established at Rivers to provide pilot training to Army aviators, as
well as helicopter instructor training for the Army, RCN and RCAF
444 Air Observation Post Squadron was formed on October 1st 1947, but
disbanded on April 1st 1949.
1948
Royal Canadian Navy personnel were added to the Joint
Air Training
school in August 1948.
In 1948, the Joint Air Photo Interpretation School opened at Rivers.
The school closed in 1960 and its personnel merged with the Air Photo
Interpretation Centre at RCAF Station Rockcliffe (Ontario) who became
fully responsible for training photo-interpreters.
Contracts were let for the building of 100 housing units for the base
followed by contracts for a further 375 dwellings. 150 of them were to
be built in Rivers.
1949
A change in organization in March 1949 created the Joint Air Training
Centre out of the elements of
the Joint Air School. The station was divided into Air Training,
Technical, Administrative and Land/Air Warfare Wings.
444 Air Observation Post Squadron was disbanded on April 1st 1949.
Prime Minsiter Louis St. Laurent visits Rivers and the base
Renovations to the roundhouse and the station
- for the first time in 40 years “Continental”
passengers were afforded a quarter hour stop at Rivers for lunch.
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1950 - 1959
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The
World
The Korean War – June 1950 – July 1953.
1954: Elvis Presley records “That’s All Right” at Sun
Studios in Memphis Tennessee with Scott Moore and Bill Black.
Canada
1957: Lester Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the
United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis.
1957: John Diefenbaker becomes the only Conservative Party Leader
between 1930 and 1979 to win a National Election. He governed until
1963.
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Manitoba
1951: Manitoba Hospital Districts formed. Ivan Scultz, Minister of
Health made the expansion of hospital services a priority.
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1950
Korean War begins.
1951
- locomotives were being converted from coal to diesel. Liquid fueld
tanks were installed in the roundhouse.
- at this time 28 crews, 140 men, were employed on the line between
Winnipeg and Melville.
- 25 year old James White lost both legs to a train accident.
1953
The Basic Helicopter Training Unit (BHTU) was
established at Rivers in
August 1953, initially to train RCAF pilots. It became the first
tri-service flying training unit in Canada.
The base later became the country's main para-training centre for army,
navy and air force personnel.
By mid February Diesel power reduced the running time
of trains from
Winnipeg to Edmonton by by several hours – the time
was soom cut by
almost a day..
The company pile of steam coal was removed.
Freight were checked and on their way in 15 minutes.
In late September a diesel hauled passenger train made a test run from
Montreal to Vancouver. By the end of the year the local day yard was
shut down.
1954
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit CJATC Rivers
in autumn of 1954
Base Commanding Officer G/C J.A. Sproule, DFC and HRH Prince Philip
Rob Sproule Collection
In Mid May 23 men – four roundhouse and 18 car-department
employees were terminated..
An old engine well known in the regionNo. 7398, now refitted with a
diesel engine passed through with passengers who had been
prevented
from boarding a fog-bound TCA Airliner in Winnipeg.
The Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup Special stopped in Rivers both going to
and coming from their victory. Local gained souvenirs including a piece
of a goal post presented to the mayor, Mr. Stratford.
Highway 25 opened to traffic, and the first car accident injury on tha
road occurred.
1955
Rivers, the first place on a main line in Canada to
have known
coal-burning locomotives, was the last place to see their
use. P147
The meeting of the east-and west-bound Continental trains came to an
end with a new CN Cross-Country Passenger service. – the Super
Continental. Twelve hours running time was cut from a montreal –
Vancouver trip.
1956
By 1956, Army helicopters pilots were also training at Rivers. After
the closure of the helicopter school at RCN Air Station HMCS
Shearwater, the Royal Canadian Navy began sending trainees to Rivers as
well, making the BHTU the first tri-service flying training unit in
Canada.
1957
Rivers beca,e the central receiving station for
messages from Caye to
Uno, with the installation of telephone-teletype facilities here
d station dispatchers.
- continental passengers service was reduced to “local”
status.
A ski hill operated just south of the base in the valley of the Little
Saskatchewan.
Gerry Logan Collection
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1960 - 1969
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1960
Joint Air Photo Interpretation School closed in 1960 and its personnel
merged with the Air Photo Interpretation Centre at RCAF Station
Rockcliffe (Ontario) who became fully responsible for training
photo-interpreters.
The railway icehouses was demolished. The final steam locomotived
passed thorugh the yeards.
- beginning of two-way radio radio communication between train crews
1962
As a practical example of service integration, the
Canadian Joint Air
Training Centre at Rivers,
Manitoba, is living proof that the colour of the uniform a man wears is
really immaterial when it
comes to getting the job done. Permanent strength of 800 servicemen at
CJATC is about one-half
RCAF and one-half Army. Except for two months each summer when naval
jet squadrons come to
Rivers for tactical exercises, RCN strength is only a token force
— but "blue jobs" and "brown jobs"
- CN Coal Dock demolished, rails that once served the car department
and other services were lifted.
- roundhouse sold to Rivers Structural Fabricators
- with the closing of the Saskatoon Flying
School – personnel
were transferred to Rivers.
1963
In December 1963, No.1 Transport Helicopter Platoon (No.1 THP), a unit
of the Royal Canadian Army Services Corps, was established at Rivers,
along with their fleet of CH-113A Voyageur transport helicopters and on
CH-112 Nomad. The platoon’s function was to support the Army on
field exercises
1964
408 Tactical Fighter Squadron, whose primary
functions were
reconnaissance and weapons delivery, moved to Rivers in 1964 from RCAF
Station Rockcliffe (Ontario) and remained until disbanded on April 1st
1970.
1966
No.1 THP moved to RCAF St.Hubert in 1966 and also
established a
detachment at RCAF Station Namao (Alberta).
1968
The Canadian Forces were unified and an era of budget
cuts begins.
Rivers was declared surplus to defence needs, as were several other
bases across the country
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1970 - 1979
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1970
408 Tactical Fighter Squadron, disbanded on April 1st 1970.
1971
As a result of the Unification, RCAF Station Rivers
was re-named CFB
Rivers. CFB Rivers closed in September 1971
1972
September 1972 the land was turned over to the
Department of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development for use as an industrial training
centre for Manitoba Indians. The training centre was known as the
Oo-Za-We-Kwun Centre.
1974
The Rivers Gliding School, a summer Air Cadet glider
camp opened at the
former base in 1974, remaining until 1984, when it re-located to Gimli.
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1980 - 1989
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1980
In 1980 the Oo-Za-We-Kwun Centre closed and
the land was sold by the
Federal Government.
1988
The site was purchased by Larry Friesen who
opened Hangar
Farms Ltd., a hog farm operation.
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1990 - 1999
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Rivers
and the R.M.
of Daly
1990's
In the mid 1990’s, the RCAF reutrned to the former RCAF Station
Rivers, with the help of some movie magic, in the movie “For The
Moment”, a film about an Austrailian pilot who comes to Manitoba
to train under the BCATP, starring Russel Crowe. While most of the
movie was filmed at the Brandon Airport, scenes of the actors standing
outside their barracks were filmed at Rivers, requiring a fresh coat of
green paint to be applied to the old buildings
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