NEWS ! On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba is a bestseller at McNally Robinson Booksellers. See the launch at McNally Robinson on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/MUU06y8Bq_c?si=EZk93JQy2qFxsy3e

Where to Buy

Location	Retailer
From the author	Want a personally signed copy? Attend an event or contact Gordon Goldsborough at gordon@mhs.mb.ca
Altona	South Central Regional Library (Altona Branch) 67 Second Street NE, Unit 130 (Altona Mall), Altona 204-324-1503
Beausejour	The Clipper - Beausejour Office 27 Third Street South, Beausejour 204-268-4700
Brandon	Coles - Shoppers Mall 1570 - 18th Street 204-571-9196
	Daly House Museum 122 Eighteenth Street, Brandon 204-727-1722
Holland	Tiger Hills Arts Association 103 Broadway Street, Holland 204-526-2063
Lac du Bonnet	The Clipper - Lac du Bonnet Office 74 Second Street, Lac du Bonnet 204-345-8459
Manitou	South Central Regional Library (Manitou Branch) 418 Main Street, Manitou 204-242-3134
Miami	South Central Regional Library (Miami Branch) 530 Norton Avenue, Miami 204-435-2032
Morden	South Central Regional Library (Morden Branch) 514 Stephen Street, Morden 204-822-4092
Winkler	South Central Regional Library (Winkler Branch) 160 Main Street, Winkler 204-325-7174
Winnipeg	Canada Map Sales 14 Fultz Boulevard 204-945-6666
	Chapters - Polo Festival 695 Empress Street 204-775-5999
	Coles - Kildonan Place 1555 Regent Avenue West 204-661-8142
	Golden Boy Gift Shop (Manitoba Legislative Building) 450 Broadway 204-945-8628
	Indigo - Kenaston Common 1590 Kenaston Boulevard 204-488-6621
	Indigo - St. Vital 1225 St. Mary's Street 204-256-0777
	McNally Robinson Booksellers 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg 204-475-0483 800-561-1833 (toll-free)
	McNally Robinson Booksellers (The Forks) Forks Market Road, Winnipeg 204-615-7868
	Whodunit Books 163 Lilac Street, Winnipeg 204-284-9100
Online 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
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 2:00 PM	South Central Regional Library (Manitou Branch) 418 Main Street, Manitou
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 6:30 PM	South Central Regional Library (Morden Branch) 514 Stephen Street, Morden
Friday, 10 November 2023, 6:30 PM	Daly House Museum 122 Eighteenth Street, Brandon
Monday, 13 November 2023, 1:30 PM	Club Chez-nous Centennial Hall, 203 Caron Street, St. Jean Baptiste
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
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 9:30 AM	Cooks Creek Community Centre 30026 Zora Road, Cooks Creek
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
Sunday, 3 December 2023, 10:00 AM	Fireside Book Market The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 7:00 PM	Neepawa Public Library 280 Davidson Street, Neepawa
Friday, 8 December 2023, 2:00 PM	Prairie Skills Building 220 South Railway Avenue, Deloraine
Saturday, 9 December 2023, 10:30 AM	Bibliothèque régionale Jolys Regional Library 505 ave Hebert Avenue N, St-Pierre-Jolys
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 12:00 noon	CSSE Senior Engineers (Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba) 870 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 7:00 PM	Roblin & District Library 123 First Avenue NW, Roblin
Thursday, 4 January 2024, 2:00 PM	Lions Place (Portage Commons) 610 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 6:00 PM	Lakeland Regional Library 318 Williams Avenue, Killarney
Wednesday, 7 February 2024	Friendship Force Manitoba 1629 Kenaston Boulevard, Winnipeg
Thursday, 22 February 2024, noon	Rotary Club Holiday Inn Airport West, 2520 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 1:00 PM	Indigo (book signing) 1225 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg
Sunday, 25 February 2024	Whodunit Books (book signing) 163 Lilac Street, Winnipeg
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 7:00 PM	United Community Arts 148 Moffat Avenue, Pilot Mound
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 7:00 PM	Arden Heritage Committee Crocus Club, Arden
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6:30 PM	Boyne Regional Library 15 First Avenue SW, Carman
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 7:00 PM	Community Hall (Darlingford Museum fundraiser) 238 Railway Avenue, Darlingford
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 2:00 PM	Drop-In Centre (Carberry Museum fundraiser) 130 Main Street, Carberry
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 7:00 PM	Manitoba Antiques Association St. James Legion #4, 1755 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 7:00 PM	Pinawa Public Library Vanier Drive, Pinawa

At the above presentations, On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba will be available for purchase at $32 per copy. Payment is accepted in cash, cheques, credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and e-transfers.

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

Other books by the author:

Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough 2016

More Abandoned Manitoba by Gordon Goldsborough 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.

“On the road with Abandoned Manitoba,” Friesens Corporation Blog, 12 October 2023.

“New book goes on the road abandoned locales” by Svjetlana Mlinarevic, The Carillon, 16 December 2023.

Page revised: 29 March 2024