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From a Local History

Gertie married H.G. Brown and will be remembered for their tourist stop established on the beautiful Jackson   property in 1927. This was a welcome camping spot for tired tourists who travelled the Sunshine Highway.
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Excerpts from the Sunshine Highway Booklet from 1921


CRYSTAL CITY, MANITOBA

Is the first town north of the International Boundary.  It is where tourists will call on the Canadian Custom Officer.  Americans crossing the border will find our Canadian friends very agreeable and pleasant.  The different lines of business are well represented in this city.  A good hotel, restaurant, garage, and other mercantile establishments.  The famous Rock Lake Summer Resort is only a few miles from Crystal City.  Mr. R. W. Baker looks after Sunshine interests.


GLENORA, MANITOBA
From this station Avery’s Resort at Rock Lake can be reached within a few minutes drive.  We suggest that tourists arrange to spend one or more days resting, bathing and fishing at Avery’s place.  The lake and surroundings are very beautiful and Mr. and Mr. Avery are noted for their hospitality.

BALDUR, MANITOBA

Is a neat, trim, tidy, little viillage.  There are several places where the needs of motorists can be supplied.  A good hotel, restaurant, general store are located here.  M. C. H. Bally will answer all inquiries.

GLENBORO, MANITOBA

Is a thriving town with a population of 550, located in one of the finest agricultural districts in the Province of Manitoba, being situated 100 miles west of Winnipeg, the Capitol, and 36 miles north from the International Boundary.  Mixed farming is the main industry carried on in the district.  Glenboro is the third town inland from the American boundary through which the Sunshine Highway is routed and is a strong booster for the success and future of the highway.
Be sure to call on Mr. W. G. McNamee, who takes great interest in the Sunshine.

WAWANESA, MANITOBA

Lies in a loop of the Souris River.  There are excellent stores and a very good hotel in the village where every reasonable want can be supplied.  Well equipped garages with skilled employees can diagnose and cure any motor ailment.
An excellent camping site has been cleared in the brush close to the river and within a few yards of a splendid bathing beach, and all are welcome.
We call your special attention to the beautiful scenery in this vicinity.  Mr. W. S. Peters will have maps and other information for your guidance.


ROUNTHWAITE, MANITOBA
This is the last stop before reaching our northern terminus.  Mr. J. R. Downs may be found in the general store.  He will tell you the good qualities of the Province.

BRANDON, MANITOBA

Is a city of sixteen thousand inhabitants, comprising an area of nine square miles through which the Assiniboine River flows.  The city is built on the southern side of the river, overlooking the valley which is about a mile wide, while the northern part is chiefly occupied by the Dominion Government Experimental Farm and Provincial Mental Hospital.  It is served by the C. P. R., C. N. R., and G. N. R., and is a divisional point of the two first mentioned railways.
Brandon is an exceptionally picturesque community, well supplied with modern improvements such as paved and lighted streets, granolithic sidewalks, boulevards and parks, and owns its own waterworks, electric street railway and sewerage system.  Electric energy is supplied by a private corporation.
It contains some very fine church, college and other public buildings, business and apartment blocks, and has splendid educational facilities.
Its chief industries are those which supply the needs of the farming community, and most of the important wholesale houses have distribution warehouses in Brandon.
It is centrally located in the Manitoba Wheat Belt, and is the home of the Provincial Agricultural and the Live Stock Fairs.
Flour, farm machinery, pumps, leather goods, furs, etc., are manufactured here.
Visit our modern tourist camp.
Mr. J. H. Donnelly, our Governor for Canada, will be glad to furnish you with Highway information