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Norquay

Site of Norquay School, and notable as the homestead of Dr Pennefather, who wrote an account of his journey with the Canadian Forces which challenged the Metis during the 1885 Rebellion.

Agricultural Topics

Architectural Styles & Traditions MB

A research paper published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

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    Arts & Crafts

    Book Store

    A Story for Every Mile

    This 140 page history of Southern Manitoba by Ed Ledohowski contains many photographs never before seen in publications and features many memoirs from Manitoba's past.

    It is for sale from the PMA by contacting pembinamanitouarchive@gmail.com.

    Price $60

    Shipping and Handling $25.

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      Business & Public Affairs

      LAC-MLA - Photos - Steamboats in Manitoba

      A collection of photographs researched and digitized by Ed Ledohowski from the collections of Library and Archives Canada, and the Manitoba Legislative Archive.

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        Canadian Pacific Railway

        Canada's Railway Heritage - Daryl Adair

        History of railroiads in Canada.

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          Community Histories

          Canada 1812 - 1871 The Formative Years

          This booklet, originally published by Imperial Oil, provides an understanding of the culture of Southern Ontario in the 19th Century. Many of the original settlers of the Pembina Manitou District came from Southern Ontario in the 1880's.

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            Journals

            Thirteen Years on the Prairies by Dr John Pennefather (1880)

            An account written by Dr Pennefather of his homestead experineces in Norquay and of his journey with the Canadian Force which quelled the Northwest Rebellion in 1885.

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              Letters

              Tennant, Joseph F. - Letters from a Journey to the Turtle Mountains - 1882

              Letters written by Tennant and published in the Emerson International.

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                Manitoba Histories

                Canada 1812 - 1871 The Formative Years

                This booklet, originally published by Imperial Oil, provides an understanding of the culture of Southern Ontario in the 19th Century. Many of the original settlers of the Pembina Manitou District came from Southern Ontario in the 1880's.

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                  Maps

                  Southern Manitoba and the Turtle Mountain Country by Rev L. O. Armstrong

                  Rev. L. O. Armstrong's diary of his journey from Emerson to the Turtle Mountains.

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                    Memoirs & Memories

                    Southern Manitoba and the Turtle Mountain Country by Rev L. O. Armstrong

                    Rev. L. O. Armstrong's diary of his journey from Emerson to the Turtle Mountains.

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                      Photos & Art Work

                      LAC-MLA - Photos - Manitoba Ferries

                      A collection of photographs researched and digitized by Ed Ledohowski from the collections of Library and Archives Canada, and the Manitoba Legislative Archive.

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                        Veterans' Experience & War Effort

                        Detailed Instructions to Conducting Staff - 1918 Canada

                        Instructions for military behaviour and rules of conduct. 

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