The land that today is Grunthal was the territory of several Indigenous groups through the recent centuries. The Cree, Anishinaabe and Sioux occupied the land initially. As fur traders came through, the Metis began to live on the land and take part...
While Jules Leger had great potential as Governor General, the stroke he suffered only six months after he came to the post greatly limited his ability to serve. When it came time for a new Governor General in 1979, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau...
Before any Europeans ever set foot in what would be Glenboro, the area of the future community was the land occupied by the Sioux and the Anishinaabe. They would follow the bison herds that came to the area, which formed an important part of their...
Often when I do these episodes, I am at the mercy of the resources at my disposal. Unfortunately for Oakbank, I was limited with what I could find and this will unfortunately be a shorter episode as a result. Before Europeans arrived in the area...
While the construction of the railroad through British Columbia and the Canadian Shield was extremely difficult, the portion in between those two segments was a completely different story. The prairie portion of the railroad was a cake walk compared...
The Indigenous Before Europeans arrived in the area that would be Manitoba, the landscape was dominated by the bison who moved in great herds. Following the bison were the Indigenous, who had arrived in the area thousands of years ago as the...
Indigenous and Early History The first people to live in the area are believed to be the Assiniboine and Stoney people who came from the area of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Most often, they would follow the bison herds that moved through the area in...
An early store in Milfford In July of 1879, two men came out to the area that would one day be Millford, ready to survey the area and possibly find a new site for a sawmill and town. E.C. Caddy and D.L.S Huston journeyed to the west, with the task...
When Richard and Maria Bobier, aged 20 and 18, decided to make a new life in Canada, they could not have known the land that waited for them. A vast landscape of promise, they had decided to make their home there. Prior to getting to what would one...
Herb Dobbyn, an early member of the Oddfellows Lodge in Melita When a town comes into being, those who move to the new community want to join in common causes. This can mean joining town council, the fire department, or any number of the...