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 Volume 1
Turtle Mountain
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The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area. Whitewater Lake Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 2 The creation, habitiation and settlement of a unique area. Boundary Commission Trail Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 4 The main highway - west. Mandan Trail Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 5 The explorer LaVérendrye used the Mandan Trail on his expedition in 1738 to visit the Mandan villages along the Missouri, thus the trail quite possibly existed prior to the fur trade era. Skull Swamp Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 7 Skull Swamp is an example of the ingenuity possessed by post glacial societies in their bison hunting techniques and how they used the existing landscape to their advantage. Web Link Lena House Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 10 Lena House is one of two fur trading posts which were located on Turtle Mountain, though its exact location has never been determined. The Boiler Trail Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 19 This trail branched off from the Boundary Commission Trail about a 2.4 kms west of Wakopa and met up with the Trail again at the Old Deloraine Land Titles Office George Morton's Ventures Web / PDF Vol. I , Page 20 He persuaded businessmen in Kingston to invest in the Morton Dairy Farm Company and received (via his business connections with John A. MacDonald the right to purchase 72 square miles (184 kms²) of land west of Whitewater Lake. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Turtle Mountain City and Waubeesh Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 21 John Brondgeest envisioned Waubeesh becoming a thriving settlement, and by 1884, it was indeed a chief commercial centre for the region along with Old Deloraine. Strathallen School Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 28 The school was built in 1892 about seven miles (11 kms) southwest of Boissevain along the old No. 3 Highway. Great Northern Railway Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 30 Construction of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) began during the winter of 1905 and finished in 1906, covering the 69.5 miles (110 kms) from St. John's (Devil's Lake), North Dakota to Brandon, Manitoba. Web Link Mennonites settle on the Canadian Prairies - Post 1923 Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Dunseith Trail Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 35 The prohibition of beverage alcohol in the early 1900s paved the way for one of the area's most colourful chapters of thrill and intrigue. Walter Zeiler – Rum-runner Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 36 He travelled in the dead of night, never under a full moon, and never after it had freshly snowed because of the tracks that would be left by his horse's hooves Lorna Smith Nature Centre Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 41 The Lorna Smith Nature Centre just southeast of Boissevain was established in 1983 by the Turtle Mountain Conservation District as part of the reservoir project. Volume 2 Oil
Exploration Web
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II, Page 46
The present-day oil boom builds upon a history of success in the oil industry Volume 3 Mammoth
Tusk
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III, Page 8
This find is one of only eight proboscidean discoveries in Manitoba and one of three tusks, the other finds being teeth. Eva McKay: The Dakota Experience Web / PDF Vol. III Page 22 Retelling History: Elder, healer and activist Eva McKay tells of the gross misinterpretation of history as it describes her people Old Wakopa Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 24 The first “stopping place” for settlers heading west Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Places Link Lake Max Sawmill Web / PDF Vol.III , Page 26 In 1880 Mr Bolton established a sawmill on the shore of Lake Max. The next year, entrepreneur George Morton bought the sawmill and used it to produce lumber for nearly every building in the then thriving village of Whitewater. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Lake Max Recreation Web / PDF Vol.III , Page 27 As the largest lake in what is now Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Max Lake was the natural location of choice for summer holidaying. All Saint's Church Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 32 The All Saint’s Church and Cemetery served as a landmark and community centre for over 30 years before the numbers in the parish could no longer support it. Turtle Mountain Forestry Reserve Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 41 In 1895 the Minister of the Interior set aside 75,000 acres as the “Turtle Mountain Timber Reserve.” George King General Store Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 49 Built in 1904, it was once also the home of the Boissevain and Morton Library and Archives. The Blue Flea Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 51 The Lauder Subdivision of the CPR (which came to be known as the Blue Flea) was constructed due to a request which came from one Thomas Dand. Ben Arde: Mountainside Store Operator Web / PDF Vol. III, Page 53 1949 - 1962 Ben Arde was born in Saskatchewan in October of 1926. His parents farmed there until the 1930s. When Ben was eight his father, originally from Wakopa, moved his family back to Manitoba, this time settling south of Mountainside. Places Link Volume 4 Railway
Schemes and
Dreams Web
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While many of the railway proposals may have been based more on hopes than on available investors, most were practical, indeed modest, attempts to address a local Manitoba need. A Disturbance in the Classroom - By Edith King Web / PDF Vol. IV , Page 12 At the blackboard the young teacher determinedly was writing an exercise for the class. From behind her came a sudden but definite flip, flip, flip of an inkwell. The Anchorage Web / PDF Vol. IV , Page 14 The Anchorage was not, as one might expect when first hearing of it, a public hall. It was a private home. Sam Heaslip - The "Stage Coach" Mailman Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 17 In the early 1880’s the main road from Old Deloraine to Brandon was the Heaslip Trail named for Sam Heaslip who established the trail and used it to deliver the mail. A Tale of Two Mill Fires Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 18 The story of milling in Boissevain begins shortly after the town was established as an important commercial centre on the new CPR line. In those days a progressive town needed a mill. From Trails to Rails Web / PDF Vol. IV , Page 19 Whole villages like Deloraine, Waubeesh and Wassawa were moved to new locations when the rail line passed them by. The First Phone in Boissevain Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 28 In 1904 a local exchange was located in Hilton's Drug Store, but only a few residences were hooked up. Then in 1906 the Bell Telephone Company began installing its own phones in Boissevain homes. Cricket Anyone? : The Waubeesh English Settlement Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 38 There were many attempts in Western Canada for groups from Britain to duplicate the sort of life they were used to in their home country. Mr. Bryan's Whistle Stop Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 58 “One time, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, a noted politician in U.S.A. was trying for the presidency. He came to Canada on the Great Northern Railway..." Web Link Volume 5 The
Three
Bridges at Riverside Web
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This well-used crossing of the Souris River has seen a few changes. Places Link The Two Desfords Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 14 The Desford community began in the late 1870's along the Old Commission Trail about twelve kilometres south- southeast of Boissevain. Snow Plane to the Rescue! Web / P Simply put, a snowplane was a sleigh with a body on it and a propeller on the back end of a motor. Like the horse and sleigh before it, it didn’t need roads. Nurse Halladay and Boissevain’s First Hospitals Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 31 When the time came to open the doors on this new and much appreciated service, Nurse Halladay was appointed Matron. scibing him. Murder for a Homestead Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 37 Two murders, a national manhunt and a near escape. It all started on a farm near Boissevain. Boissevain’s Dr. Bird Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 42 Dr Bird had to deal with many emergency procedures by the dim light in a homesteader’s bedroom. Home Delivery - The Drayman Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 44 In addition to doing the daily deliveries from the station, the draymen did deliveries from merchants to customers. In the days before everyone had a car, many b Vantage Point Flashbacks (Radio Broadcasts)
Additional Resources The Great Northern Line Jim Hill's Canadian Railway (pdf) A Canadian Rail article Vantage Points Copyright © Turtle Mountain–Souris Plains Heritage Association. |
