On The Road to Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough Link to: Where to Buy | Public Events | The Author | See Also Based on a regular feature on CBC’s Weekend Morning Show, the book Abandoned Manitoba was a runaway success in 2016, becoming the year’s top-selling, non-fiction book in Manitoba. Its sequel More Abandoned Manitoba was the 2019 McNally Robinson Book of the Year. In this new book, scientist-historian Gordon Goldsborough hits the road in search of adventure and little-known stories from Manitoba’s past. Among the places he visits are underground radiation monitoring posts from the Cold War, a remote hydroelectric generating station, cruise ships on the Red River, the original route of the Trans-Canada Highway, and much more. Published by Great Plains Press Printed by Friesens Corporation ISBN 9781773371078 264 pages $35.00 Available: October 2023

Where to Buy

Location	Retailer
From the author	Want a personally signed copy? Attend a public event or contact Gordon Goldsborough at gordon@mhs.mb.ca
Online advance orders	Amazon
	Great Plains Press
	McNally Robinson Booksellers

Public Events

Please contact Gordon Goldsborough if your group is interested in having a presentation about On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba.

Date	Location
Friday, 27 October 2023, 7:00 PM	Holland Community Hall 136 Broadway Street, Holland
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Dauphin Seniors Centre 55 First Avenue Southeast, Dauphin
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 6:30 PM	South Central Regional Library (Altona Branch) 67 Second Street NE, Unit 130 (Altona Mall), Altona
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 10:00 AM	South Central Regional Library (Miami Branch) 530 Norton Avenue, Miami
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 1:00 PM	South Central Regional Library (Winkler Branch) 160 Main Street, Winkler
Monday, 6 November 2023, 7:00 PM	Charleswood Historical Society 5006 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 6:30 PM	South Central Regional Library (Morden Branch) 514 Stephen Street, Morden
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 2:00 PM	South Central Regional Library (Manitou Branch) 418 Main Street, Manitou
Friday, 10 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Daly House Museum 122 Eighteenth Street, Brandon
Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 7:00 PM	Reston & District Library 220 Fourth Street, Reston
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 7:00 PM	Brandon Public Library Unit 1, 710 Rosser Avenue, Brandon
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Raystone Memorial Centre 214 Broadway Street, Glenboro
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 12 noon	Portage la Prairie Regional Library 40-B Royal Road North, Portage la Prairie
Monday, 20 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Millennium Library 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 1:30 PM	North Norfolk-MacGregor Library 35 Hampton Street, MacGregor
Friday, 24 November 2023, 7:00 PM	McNally Robinson Booksellers (Grant Park) 4000 - 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 7:00 PM	Valley Regional Library 141 Main Street, Morris
Thursday, 30 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Border Regional Library (Virden Branch) 312 - 7th Avenue, Virden
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 7:00 PM	ArtsForward 293 Mountain Avenue, Neepawa
Wednesday, 7 February 2024	Friendship Force Manitoba Location TBA

The Author

Gordon Goldsborough is the Head Researcher, Webmaster, and Past-President of the Manitoba Historical Society, and Production Coordinator & Pageant Editor of Prairie History magazine. For the past dozen years, he has been mapping historic sites all over Manitoba, including schools, churches, stores, homes, grain elevators, military bases, and more. His series “Abandoned Manitoba” on the CBC Weekend Morning Show has been running since mid-2015 and audio copies of every episode are available here. Besides his historical interests, Goldsborough is a member of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba where he is a water quality specialist concerned with the impacts of humans on wetlands and lakes. Contact Gordon Goldsborough at gordon@mhs.mb.ca.

See Also

Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough
Great Plains Publications, 2016

More Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough
Great Plains Publications, 2018

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba

YouTube: Abandoned Manitoba, The Videos (Season 1)

“Relic Run a journey back in time,” Virden Empire-Advance, 1 August 2023

Page revised: 28 September 2023