 Featuring Stories from... Melita & Area Vantage Points Stories (Books, Online & pdf) Vantage Point Flashbacks (Radio Broadcasts) Additional Resources  Vantage Points Stories (Books, Online & pdf) Vantage Points articles are presented with links (Web) to the story on the Vantage Points Website and as print-ready PDF files. For a Radio Broadcast based on the story select the "Vantage Points Flashback" link. For more info about locations follow the "Places Link". To visit a related website follow the "Web Link" (There may be more than 1). To download a related Document click the "Document Link".  Brockinton
Site Web
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II Page 33
The Brockinton archaeological site is located along the Souris River valley wall south of Melita. This site was occupied by three different cultures over the last 1600 years. These occupations left behind rare and archaeologically invaluable finds. During this site's earliest occupation, it was used as a bison pound. Places Link Web Link Sourisford Linear Burial Mounds Web / PDF Vol. 2, Page 36 Artifacts from these thousand year-old burial mounds indicate the trade relations that existed upon the plains before convenient modes of transportation. Web Link Manchester to Melita / Web / PDF Vol. II, Page 37 The most successful of the Sourisford communities Melita Robbery Web / PDF Vol. II, Page 38 A Midnight Crime Hits Southwest Manitoba . . . September 1923 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.
Snyder
II Site
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III Page 15
The Snyder II Archaeological site is on the bank of the Gainsborough Creek just half a kilometer west of its junction with the Souris River. T Old Melita Trail / Web / PDF Vol. I , Page 25 It is likely that the trail was first created by the surveyors who travelled the area between 1879 and 1880, marking out the land into townships (blocks of 36 square miles). Dreaming
Up Dobbyn City Web
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IV, Page 8
This "Speculative" or "Paper" City" was planned near what wouild become Melita during the Manitoba Boom. Its owner/promoter soon turned to other, more successful, ventures. Places Link
The Local Egg Grading
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The Melita Creamery had 6 full-time egg handlers, who worked almost day and night during the peak season. Podcast Link An Elephant Story – By Jerry Drier Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 33 Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Prisoners of War – Harvest Help Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 39 The prisoner farmhands were lightly guarded and often permitted to go shopping or attend church. An unknown number stayed after release and became Canadians. What's on in Melita This Week? Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 53 The Melita Opera House was one of several venues offering a wide variety of touring entertainers. Web Link Vantage Point Flashbacks (Radio Broadcasts)
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