This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Busy Year for Bagot and Centennial Reflections
Long summary of community events in Bagot including trade visitors from Manitoba University and Pakistan, 4H exchange, fishing awards, multiple anniversaries, harvests, and local society efforts. Notes spring rains, drought in summer, varying crop yields, beekeeping success, and economic shifts affecting residents. Describes local clubs, centennial celebration, bingo prizes, weddings, schooling by bus, and civic engagement, ending with Quebec War Measures Act impact and James Cross release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba University
M. W. Burch
Pakistan
Burch
Gean Maurice Gezina
Quebec
Siemens
Mel Baskier
Portage
Assiniboine River
W. E. Bradshaw
Bagot
Alex Paul
R. Tarr
J. M. Baskier
UCW
Hospital Aid Group
MacGregor Hospital
Memorial Hall
Manitoba
Bagot Memrial Hall
Preston McIntosh
Neil Cudmore
Sickley
E. Ariss
L. Wright
Rossarc Kellar
MacGregor
Beaver
Burnside
Rossendale
H. Henry
Bagot Corner
Campbell’s Soup Co
Portage Business World
Southport
Plains Agra Corp. Ltd
Macdonald
Smith's
Brecknell’s