Timeline...
1930 - 1939
The
World
The depression set off by the stock market collapse in late 1929 is
felt across North America and Europe.
Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, setting off World War 2
Canada
The effect of the world-wide economic depression is compounded in
Western Canada by an extended drought.
In 1936 the Federal Government cancelled debt for feed and wrote off
many advances to to the drought areas.
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Manitoba
The effects of the drought on the prairies are felt most acutely in the
southwest corner of the province.
The Farmer’s Creditors Arrangement Act – aims to reduce
farm debt loads.
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Turtle Mountain
& the Souris Plains
The
depression and the drought affected the region much as they affected
other Manitoba communities.
The expansion of the role and scope of schools, the influence of radio,
and the changing technology in transportation all had an effect on
life.
1931
Low rainfall – crop yield was less than half the national average
Cameron Municipality undertook a program of road building and repair in
conjunction with the provincial government as a relief measure.
John Nestibo discovered coal on the Henderson farm. The discovery led
to the creation of the Manitoba’s most successful coal mines.
1932
Some rain fell but but a plague of grasshoppers destroyed crops.
1933
Many farmers had run out of credit and assets. Municipality and
provincial governments struggled to provide relief where needed.
1934
Low snowfalls, soil erosion and dust storms became a serious problem.
McMorran and Wright and other historians began research into the Fur
Trade Posts that had operated in the Hartney area a century earlier.
1935
Dominion Chatauquas, with headquarters in Calgary, brought a three-day
program of music, plays and lectures to small towns.
A Reclamation Station was established near Melita under the provisions
of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act to investigate the effects of
wind erosion in the Souris River Basin.
1936
A Federal Drought Relief Program wasestablished.
n 1935 the Government of Canada launched the Prairie Farm
Rehabilitation Act (PFRA). The following year two Lyleton locals, Baird
and Will Murray, petitioned the PFRA to establish the Lyleton
Shelterbelt Association. The PFRA provided $5 per mile of planted
trees, with an additional $20 per mile, per year for the following
three years of maintenance.
1937
Spring rain led to an improved harvest.
1938
Abundant crops
1939
World War II began.
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