Abandoned Manitoba : from residential schools to bank vaults to grain elevators

Goldsborough, Gordon 1959- (author.).

Summary: "Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between as the author helps us reclaim some of our long-lost heritage. This full colour, richly illustrated book looks at abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned, and what they tell us about the history of the province."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781927855485 (paperback)
Physical Description: 264 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 22 x 26 cm.
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Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba : Great Plains Publications, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Introduction -- SS Alpha shipwreck -- Atkinson House -- Bender Hamlet -- Birtle Indian Residential School -- Bradley Grave -- Copley Anglican Church -- Cordite Plant -- Fort Daer -- Gervais Bowstring Bridge -- Graysville Orange Lodge -- Harrison Flour Mill -- Hartney Town Hall --Helston Co-Operative Pool Elevator #160 -- La Riviere Ski Slopes -- Lakeside Fresh Air Camp -- Leacock House -- Leary Brickworks -- Little Saskatchewan River Hydro Dam -- Mallard Lodge -- Manitoba Glassworks -- Matchettville School -- McArdle Salt Works -- Morris Repeater Station -- Ninette Sanatorium -- Paulson Bombing & Gunnery School -- Pharmacy College -- Port Nelson -- Ramsay Grave -- Rapid City Consolidated School -- Rose Hill Lime Kilns -- Schepper's Agricultural College -- Sclater Churches -- Star Mound -- Union Stock Yards -- Valleyview Building -- Vulcan Iron Works -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Site Coordinates -- Index.