Manitoba 2020 - October
Another year of Local Tourism - The COVID19 Year
The COVID-19 thing began in Manitoba about Mid-March and we decided from the start to follow guidelines. Fortunately we can still walk / run / ski & paddle - activities that are much safer than shopping, going to restaurants and bars, Trump rallies ... etc.
For more information about these places go to Past & Present
For information about specfic sites or buildings, visit Historic Sites of Manitoba
Travelling backwards in time...
Oct. 9: Black Creek, Wawanesa & the Souris River
The Sipeweski Museum
Menteith Elevator Site
Oct. 7: Maskawata
Maskawata site.
Harvey School Site
Harrison Brodge
From Hall's Bridge
Assiniboine School
Oct. 6: A Trip North of Brandon
We went through the Little Saskatchewan River valley, north of Newdale, then on to the Ozerna area, followed by the Rackham district where we hiked a bit of the Great Trail. We drove through Clanwilliam and Bethany, then stopped to check out an old rail bridge at an abandonned siding called Orrville, near Franklin, before heading home.
Newdale
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ozerna) - built in 1933
A section of the Great Trail that runs on an old rail bed between Neepawa and Russell.
The rail bridge at Orrville. Also on the Great Trail
On an earlier vsite I had discovered the foundations for a railway water tower.
Oct. 4: Bunclody and the Riverside Park Trail
Souris River, Bunclody
The Criddle site is a great place for a picnic and an easy hike. This time we strolled south from the yard along the old trail to the Treesbank Ferry site.
Wawanesa
For more information about these places go to Past & Present
Another year of Local Tourism - The COVID19 Year
The COVID-19 thing began in Manitoba about Mid-March and we decided from the start to follow guidelines. Fortunately we can still walk / run / ski & paddle - activities that are much safer than shopping, going to restaurants and bars, Trump rallies ... etc.
For more information about these places go to Past & Present
For information about specfic sites or buildings, visit Historic Sites of Manitoba
Travelling backwards in time...
Oct. 9: Black Creek, Wawanesa & the Souris River
The Sipeweski Museum
Menteith Elevator Site
Oct. 7: Maskawata
Maskawata site.
Harvey School Site
Harrison Brodge
From Hall's Bridge
Assiniboine School
Oct. 6: A Trip North of Brandon
We went through the Little Saskatchewan River valley, north of Newdale, then on to the Ozerna area, followed by the Rackham district where we hiked a bit of the Great Trail. We drove through Clanwilliam and Bethany, then stopped to check out an old rail bridge at an abandonned siding called Orrville, near Franklin, before heading home.
Newdale
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ozerna) - built in 1933
A section of the Great Trail that runs on an old rail bed between Neepawa and Russell.
The rail bridge at Orrville. Also on the Great Trail
On an earlier vsite I had discovered the foundations for a railway water tower.
Oct. 4: Bunclody and the Riverside Park Trail
Souris River, Bunclody
The Criddle site is a great place for a picnic and an easy hike. This time we strolled south from the yard along the old trail to the Treesbank Ferry site.
Wawanesa
For more information about these places go to Past & Present