Where in Riverdale ? Welcome to Installment 1 of Where in Riverdale? We post a photo - you try to identify the location. We'll post one a week for 10 weeks. Use the comments to offer guesses and discussion. At the end of each week we'll post some additional info or links about the site. 1. Ancrum Cairn On Highway 259, about fifteen kilometres west of Rivers, at the junction with Road 354, there is a well-tended graveyard with an iron gate marked “St. Matthews Ancrum Cemetery”. A bit to the south, a stone cairn by the roadside commemorates Ancrum School. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p4.html 2. The View from Kirkham's Bridge In the early days, when the need of a convenient way to cross the river became apparent, surveyors were required to locate a suitable site for a bridge. In 1895 they arrived at the William Chapman home and after many measurements, they decided that the best location for the bridge was due west of his farm buildings. The bridge was named "Kirkham’s Bridge” after the Kirkham family who had settled on the west bank of the river. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p7.html 3. Bradwardine Elevator http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p4.html 4. Cossar Crossing Just south of Rivers the CN Lenore branch crossed The Little Saskatchewan. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p8.html http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p11.html 5. Traffic bridge south of Bradwardine. 6. Ancrum Church at the English Museum In 1900, when the Great Northwest Central Railway proposed to cross the region, the original plan included a railway station at Ancrum. At that time it was just the school, church, a Canadian Order of Foresters Hall and one small house originally intended as a manse. But if a station were to be placed there, commercial growth would surely follow. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p4.html 7. MacGregor House Built in 1914 by J.D.McGregor – Brandon M.L.A, Lt. Gov. A Designated Heritage Site. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/specialplaces/p12.html 8. Tarbolton Church and Cemetery Tarbolton is a community that is remembered for its church. The district was well settled and served by Tarbolton School as early as 1883 and Roden Post Office, established in 1887, when they built the Tarbolton Presbyterian Church in 1888 http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p5.html 9. Grand Trunk Railway Dam Site Like all small prairie rivers, the Little Saskatchewan is very seasonal, and slows to a trickle during dry summers. By 1910, a dam was constructed to back up a dependable supply of water, and a pump house built to send the water uphill to the water tower located near the roundhouse. http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/traintracks/p20.html 10. Millenium Park - Wetland Centre of Excellence - Rivers http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/signs/index.html |
