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The Settlement Period era – Community Histories

The Battle of Batoche - Hiledbrandt (1885)

A history of the battle and of the military tactics which governed it.

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    The CN Line and the New Village - Wakopa

    A short history of a small Southwest Manitoba community.

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      The CN Line and the New Village - Wakopa (1880)

      A short history of the community of Wakopa.

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        The Canoe - Roberts & Shackleton

        A detailed history of the various forms this water craft has taken, and a description of their makers.

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          The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada 1876 - Rowan (1850)

          A European perspective on life in the early settlement period.

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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 - Kenneth Bagnell (1880)

                The experiences of orphaned children who were sent to Canada to work on prairie farms.

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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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