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Shanty Town (cont)

By the end of 1885, the odd shanty still remained in the area of the HBC Flats, but their extinction was imminent. Starting in 1886, the rail yards of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railroad, the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad and the Canadian National Railway took over the Flats and largely eliminated [...]

Explore Manitoba: Canadian Pacific Railway station and Royal Alexandra Hotel

Built in 1906, the Royal Alexandra in has been one of the famous hotels in Canada. In fact, it has been renovated and extended two times its original size. This gorgeous hotel was owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is literally connected to the Canadian Pacific Railway located in Winnipeg, Manitoba which [...]

The Whitewater Murder Mystery- Daw and Smith

For two years, he was the subject of an intensive police search encompassing Canada and the United States, but before that he was merely one of thousands of Ontarians coming to Manitoba to seek their fame and fortune. Over the course of just a couple of years, Walter Gordon earned a healthy dose of the [...]

Historic Mural Aboriginal Buffalo Hunt Manitoba

Historic Mural Aboriginal  Buffalo Hunt Manitoba

This scene was drawn into a mural which was displayed in the well known series of murals on the walls of the luxurious dining room of the Royal Alex Hotel in historic Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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original source     http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/42/challenermurals.shtml

Winnipeg Manitoba's Vaudeville Past

Winnipeg was a most important part of the North American vaudeville circuit.  Indeed many of the downtown theatres had their formative and initial years as vaudeville theatres complete with vaudeville stages .  Many such as the “Capital Theatre”  on Donald in the downtown area still retained not only their stage to some degree but even [...]