Themes in the Places Collection My collection is arranged alpabetically by Community, here are some sub-categories.... Boom Towns (Paper Cities) False Starts Fur Trade Sites Ghost Towns Stops on the Grand Trunk Pacific Pre-Railroad Communities Boom Towns (Paper Cities) The Manitoba Boom of 1881 - 82 saw many attempts to profit from speculation about which location would be the next big thing. Manitoba was home to a few of these Paper Cities - Some were actual villages. Some did become real towns. Most didn't. Dobbyn City Manchester Millford Moberly Mountain City Rapid City Turtle Mountain City Souris City False Starts Homesteads were here before the railway. Villages were established - often where landowners hoped a railway would run. The  railways companies decided roites and stations to meet their own needs. So many of the new villages from the early days had to move and start again.  Some kept the same name - some didn't. Alexandria Bradwardine De Winton - Carberry Carrolton - Carroll Desford Littleton - Cypress River Old Deloraine  - Deloraine Glenora Gopher Creek - Virden Hamilton Hartney Heaslip Humesville Manchester - Melita Manitoba City - Manitou Newdale Odanah - Minnedosa Pilot Mound Rounthwaite Shoal Lake Souris City - Wawanesa Stockton Strathclair Tilsdale - Killarney Wakopa Winman Fur Trade Sites American Fort Ash House Brandon House Fort Desjarlais Fort Ellice Fort Garry Fort Mr. Grant Riding Mountain House Souris Mouth The Pas York Factory Ghost Towns To me a Ghost Town was once a real town with businesses and churches etc. that is now virtually deserted. It might have vanished without a trace, or have a few derelict buildings. Quite a few railway towns established between 1890 and 1910 faded away once the railway shut down. I haven''t included the dozens of Sidings and Elevators that were never really towms to start with. I also haven't included the many villages where main streets have disappeared but a population still exists. Alexandria Asessippi Bannerman Bernice Dand Desford Old Deloraine Ebor Grand Valley Heaslip Millford Millwood Odanah Pettapiece Scandanavia Souris City Turtle Mountain City Tisdale Wakopa   Stops on the Grand Trunk Pacific The Grand Trunk Pacific established a new trans-continental line that passed through Western Manitoba from 1906 - 1909, establishing a line of new towns named in alpabetical sequence. Firdale Gregg Harte Ingelow Justice Knox Rivers Pope Oakner St. Lazare Uno The Brandon Spur Links http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/index.html http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/photos/gtp.html http://www.riversdalyheritage.ca/GTP/index.html https://www.facebook.com/ABCRailroadProject/ Pre-Railroad Communities The first Euorpean settlers tended to pick nice spots for their would-be towns.  They liked to be near rivers where water and wood were available. Often the railrod didn't favour such spots so many of these pre-railroad communities disn't last. Some did. Many of the names on a map in the mid 1880's indicated Post Offices - usually in a farm home. I've only incliuded the communities that were actually starting to become villages. Ancrum Asessippi Aweme Brandon House Bunclody Butterfield Currie's Landing Desford Old Deloraine Fort Ellice Glenora Grand Valley Grund Heaslip Manchester Manitoba City Millford Odanah Old Deloraine Pilot Mound Rapid City Rounthwaite Rowland Scandanavia Souris City Sourisford Stockton Turtle Mountain City Tisdale Wakopa