Region 1
Region 1 NW : Elkhorn, Shoal Lake, Russell
Region 1 NE : Rivers, Neepawa, Minnedosa, Wasagaming
Region 1: SW : Melita, Deloraine, Oak Lake, Virden
Region 1: SE : Boissevain, Neelin, Brandon, Souris
Region 1 NW : Elkhorn, Shoal Lake, Russell
Video Resources
Hidden Manitoba - 6-8 Minute Exploration of Heritage Sites
Pope Abandoned village near Rivers
Birdtail Residential School
Salem Methodist
Fort Ellice The site of a major Fur Trade Post near St. Lazare
Manitoba Heritage Minutes
Old Trans-Canada Highway
The First Shoal Lake Townsite
Documentaries - Longer, More Comprehensive Videos
Prairie Elegy (D) - Laurence Stucky and his Rural Archives - Photos of Rural Manitoba - Featuring Images of: Oakner - McConnell - Myra - Crandall - Beulah - Isabella
Frontier Photographer Edward Walker - Pioneer Photographer - From Millwood
Print Resources
Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Atkinson House p26 (Hamiota)
Birtle Indian Redidential School p38
Leacock House p120
More Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Fort Ellice Trail p226 (St. Lazarre)
Manitoba Pageant (Journal - Online)
1956 Apr. The Ukrainian Canadians
Russell’s Pioneer Days by Harold Coulter
Mrs. John Tanner, 104 years old, from Binscarth
Jan 1961 The Past Meets the Present by Molly McFadden
1961 Sept. Russell’s Pioneer Days
Top Main Index
Region 1 NE : Rivers, Neepawa, Minnedosa, Wasagaming
Video Resources
Abandoned Manitoba - 10 - 12 Minute Docmentaries
Forgotten Cemeteries (Rapid City)
Brookdale - Grain Warehouse
Manitoba Heritage Minutes
Elphinstone Ranch
Griswold Skating Rink
Minnedosa Armoury
Original CKX Building
The Heritage Buildings of Riding Mountain
McMurachy Monument in Strathclair
Alpine Archie - McCreary
Documentaries - Longer, More Comprehensive Videos
Prairie Elegy (D) Laurence Stucky and his Rural Archives - Photos of Rural Manitoba featuring images of: Moore Park - Minnedosa - Clanwilliam - Mountain Road
Heritage Websites: Comprehensive Collections of Photos, Stories, Research
Riverdale Heritage Website
Print Resources
Manitoba Pageant (Journal - Online)
1964 Autumn Frederick Philip Grove – 1871 – 1948
Odanah by Florence M. Brown
Atmospheric Environment Plaque for Minnedosa by Florence M. Brown Autmn 1972
Odanah by Florence M. Brown
1969 Autumn Birth Pangs of a National Park p. 2 – 17
Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Little Saskatchewan River Hydro Dam p134 (Brandon)
Rapid City Consolidated School p202
More Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Top Main Index
Region 2: 1SW : Melita Deloraine, Oak Lake Virden
Video Resources
Manitoba Heritage Minutes
Old Trans-Canada Highway
Pipestone Municipal Building Reston
Concrete Block Bank - Waskada
Queen Terrace in Virden
Plum Creek Bowstring Bridge Souris
Newcomb's Hollow Deloraine Area
Hartney Town Hall
Hidden Manitoba - 6-8 Minute Exploration of Heritage Sites
Salem Methodist - Oak Lake - Virden
Abandoned Manitoba - 10 - 12 Minute Docmentaries
Melita Cemetery Winter Vault
Fallout Reporting Posts
Documentaries - Longer, More Comprehensive Videos
The Chain Lakes Barn: A History Hartney Area
Turtle Mountain Mud Goodlands Area Coal Mines
Newcombs Hollow Reid Dicky
Reston CBC
Print Resources
Manitoba Pageant (Journal - Online)
1972 Spring Deloraine Presbyterian Church…the story of a checkered career
1972 Winter A Few Notes on Old Deloraine by William Harold Bell
1957 Sept. The Sod Shack PDF
Reminiscences of a Manitoba Suffragette by Lillian Beynon Thomas
The Story of Deleau by Bob Robson
Early Harvesting by Hazel McDonald Parkinson
Vantage Points
Short articles from the Vantage Points Series by the Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association are peresented in a series of 6 booklets and most individual articles are available online.
Visit: www.vantagepoints.ca
Or take this direct link to the Interactive Map that allows you to focus on the resources by region and theme.
https://vantagepoints.ca/publications/
Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Copley Anglican Church p58
Hartney Town Hall p90
More Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Elva Grain Elevator p 92
Scallion Farm p202 (Virden)
Audio Resources
The Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association presents a series of Podcasts as well as a comprehensive series of Radio Broadcasts
Vantage Points Podcast Series
Episode 1: The Piano Player Boissevain
Episode 2: Egg Grading Boissevain / Melita
Episode 3: Bride Left Behind Melita
Episode 4: The Dance Hall Riverside / Minto
Episode 5: The Saddle Maker
Vantage Points Flashbacks
Short Audio Presentations of Local History Stories created by David Neufeld for the by Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association
Visit: www.vantagepoints.ca
Heritage Websites
Comprehensive Collections of Photos, Stories, Research
Virden Heritage Website
Deleau Heritage Website
Two Borders Heritage Website
Grassland Heritage Website
Pipestone Heritage Website
Melita Heritage Website
Top Main Index
Region 1: SE : Boissevain, Neelin, Brandon, Souris
Video Resources
Manitoba Heritage Minutes
Old Trans-Canada Highway
Relic Run
Green Acres Drive-In. (Brandon)
McLaren Stone Outhouse - Baldur Area
Cypress River Consolidated School Building
Roseland Curling Rink - Brandon Area
Dumais Stop Butt - Brandon
The Valleyview Building - Brandon Mental Hospital
Brandon Hills Fire Tower
The Nurses' Residence - Brandon
The Old Central School - Brandon
Prince Edward Hotel Brandon
Manitoba Government Telephone Building
Brandon's Intercity Bus Depots
Boissevain Telephone Exchange Building
Concrete Arch Bridge - Margaret
Abandoned Manitoba - 10 - 12 Minute Docmentaries
Where is Brandon House?
Harrison Mill - Holmfield
Documentaries - Longer, More Comprehensive Videos
Whitewater Lake: The Beauty and the Challenge
Precious Load: Tales of a Turtle Mountain Trapper
Musical Nun
Brandon's Steamy Past Railway History Website Version
The Tom Mitchell Collection
Prairie Elegy (D) Laurence Stucky and his Rural Archives - Photos of Rural Manitoba featuring images of: Brandon Hill Church - Rounthwaite - Treesbank - Wawnesa - Douglas - Carberry
Klondike Days
Silver Screens (D) Films shown in Brandon during WW2. The Role of Film in Wartime.
Before Brandon - The Grand Rapids of the Assiniboine
School Wars - Denominational Schools in 1880s Brandon and the Politics of National Identity
Wheat City 1900s - Making Modern Brandon
Wheat City 1930s - A Prairie Town in the Era of the Great Depression
Print Resources
Manitoba Pageant (Journal - Online)
Stroll Across Our Swinging Bridge by Mrs. V. H. Sangwine
1961 Jan. The Criddle Family (Successful homesteader; Treesbank)
1962 Jan. Brandon House (near present-day Wawanesa) p. 14
1963 Apr. Peter Fidler 1769 – 1822 (Hudson Bay Co. surveyor)
The Diary of Ellen McFadden Lowes 1882-1886, part 1
Souris City by Clifford R. McFadden
Brandon and the Saskatchewan Rebellion by McDonald Coleman
1957 Sept. Early Days in Brandon
1960 Jan. Nice to Grow Up In (Brandon)
Vantage Points
Short articles from the Vantage Points Series by the Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association are peresented in a series of 6 booklets and most individual articles are available online.
Visit: www.vantagepoints.ca
Or take this direct link to the Interactive Map that allows you to focus on the resources by region and theme.
https://vantagepoints.ca/publications/
Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Copley Anglican Church p58
Hartney Town Hall p90
More Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Elva Grain Elevator p 92
Scallion Farm p202 (Virden)
Audio Resources
The Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association presents a series of Podcasts as well as a comprehensive series of Radio Broadcasts
Vantage Points Podcast Series
Episode 1: The Piano Player Boissevain
Episode 2: Egg Grading Boissevain / Melita
Episode 3: Bride Left Behind Melita
Episode 4: The Dance Hall Riverside / Minto
Episode 5: The Saddle Maker
Vantage Points Flashbacks
Short Audio Presentations of Local History Stories created by David Neufeld for the by Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association
Visit www.vantagepoints.ca for a wide range of resources about Southwest Manitoba
Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
Harrison Flour Mill p86
Ninette Sanitorium p172
Valleyview Building p240 (Brandon Mental Hospital)
More Abandoned Manitoba - (Book by Gordon Goldsborough)
McKenzie Seeds Building p120 (Brandon)
Killarney Flax Warehouses p158
Assiniboine River Pillar p 168 (Brandon)
Camp Hughes p 184 (Brandon - Carberry Area)
Brandon House p230 (Brandon - Wawanesa area)
Audio Resources
Vantage Points Flashbacks
A collection of over 100 Short Audio Presentations of local history stories created by David Neufeld for the by Turtle Mountain Souris Plains Heritage Association
Presented on separate pages....
Vantage Points Flashbacks: Boissevain - Morton Municipality
Vantage Points Flashbacks: Brenda-Waskada Municipality
Vantage Points Flashbacks: Deloriane-Winchester Municipality
Vantage Points Flashbacks: Grassland Municipality
Vantage Points Flashbacks: Killarney - Turtle Mountain Municipality
Vantage Points Flashbacks : Two Borders Municipality
Heritage Websites
Comprehensive Collections of Photos, Stories, Research
Top Main Index