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The Settlement Period

1880 - 1913

Documents the origins of the community through to the beginning of the first world war.

Community Histories

Swan Lake MB - Postcard

An early postcard showing Swan Lake MB.

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    Swan River Valley

    Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

    Please recognize the attitudes expressed in these bulletins may not reflect current attitudes.

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      Syrup Pails & Gopher Tails - Memories of the one-Room School House - Charyk

      Memoirs of experiences in the one room schools of Manitoba.

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        Tales and Trails of Western Canada - Macvivar & Craig

        A history of Western Canada through short articles and notes.

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          Tales of the Red River

          An early Red River history written for use in the schools. 

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            The Former Manitou Gas Company Plant (1906)

            Manitou was served by an acetylene gas plant from 1906 to 1926. The gas plant building still stands in north west Manitou. Lorne Thompson researched this architecural artefact as part of a Heritage Manitoba project.

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              The High Mountain - An Altamont History - Beula Swain (1880)

              A short history of the Altamont district in South Central Manitoba.

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                The Little Immigrants - Thomas Bagnell

                A history of the experiences of orphans who were sent to the Canadian prairies.

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                  The Mennonites - A Pictorial History of their Lives in Canada

                  Andreas Schroeder tells the story of Mennonite settlement in Canada through photographs.

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                    The Metis of Willow Bunch

                    Written by Ron Rivard and Catherine Littlejohn, this book tells the story of the Métis families who started out in the Red River district, then moved west to Rock Lake and eventually to Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan.

                     

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