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City and Shoal Lake No.40 Economic Partnership

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz and Shoal Lake No.40 Chief Kelvin Redsky signed
a letter of intent to explore economic opportunities under the new proposed management model for Winnipeg’s water and waste utility.

This is a far cry from what occurred when the Shoal Lake aqueduct was originally proposed and built. At the time, no consultation was conducted [...]

Construction of the Railway just before the Aqueduct

An experimental station was established at Reynolds by the Manitoba department of agriculture “with a view in helping the settlers already located and to demonstrate the possibilities of the district.”
The provincial government also established a prison farm, known as the- Provincial Gaol Farm, four kilometres west of East Braintree.
Building the railway was not an easy [...]

The 90th anniversary of Shoal Lake aqueduct–ruote went over swamp, muskeg, sand and rock

Actual construction on the aqueduct began after the opening of tenders on September 19, 1914. Three major Winnipeg-based companies — Tremblay McDiarmid Company, Thos. Kelly & Sons Ltd., and the Winnipeg Aqueduct Construction Company — were awarded the contracts for the aqueduct. The first phase involved the diversion of the Falcon River, which had previously [...]