Hidden Valley Lake: Austin Man-Made Recreation Area
Hidden Valley Lake near Austin began in 1958 with 15 acres cleared and a 500 foot long 20 foot high dam of clay. By 1959 the site offered swimming picnic areas a beach lifeguards and facilities with future plans for beaches summer homes and beauty spot status.
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Hidden Valley Lake
Chocolate Clay
Austin
Hidden Valley
Wm. S. Booth
Helen Radclyffe
St. James
Ted Ratlyffe
Bagot
Kel Baxter
Winnipeg
Radclyffe
Old Football Clubs Recalled
The piece recalls early Austin football squads, naming the Sight Hill 1893 lineup including H. Smith and F. A. Thompson as captain, and the Emmeline 1908 squad with Reuben Biggar and Trevor Poyser among others from fifteen years later.
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Austin
Sight Hill
Emmeline
H. Smith
R Burch
J. Watson
Jason
J. Bryce
J. Adams
Wallace
N. Harding
W Bryce
George Sparling
F. A. Thompson
Reuben Biggar
Trevor Poyser
Arthur Baxter
Albert Kilfoyle
Reuben Poyser
Bob Kilfoyle
Lou Mcintosh
Eli Smith
Joe Collier
Bill Cairns
Howard Kilfoyle
1903 Manitoba Girls Baseball Champions From Light Hill
The Light Hill team, led by manager coach R. J. Wallace, defeated the Eaton club of Winnipeg in Portage la Prairie to win the 1903 Manitoba girls baseball title. Players included Emma Boyd Annie Boyd Sarah Wallace Nellie Jones Maggie Wallace Rene Jones Lilly Jones and May Collier. Their uniforms featured full-length skirts and long-sleeved blouses.
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Manitoba
Light Hill
Austin
Eaton Club
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
R. J. Wallace
Young Ladies
Emma Boyd
Pearl Grant
Annie Boyd
Sarah Wallace
Nellie Jones
Maggie Wallace
Rene Jones
Lilly Jones
May Collier
Old Trails Mark Austin Old Trails Mark Austin
The Austin area sits at the intersection of historic routes such as the Yellow Quill Trail from Portage la Prairie and the Pioneer Trail crossing plains toward fishing sites at Westbourne. An ox trail once ran west of Austin near John MacKinnon’s homestead, charging 25 cents to cross Squirrel Creek.
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Austin
Portage la Prairie
Agricultural Museum
Agassiz
Westbourne
John MacKinnon
Squirrel Creek
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East Shore
Austin Community
Austin Credit Union
Makinson
C. Randall
Lake Manitoba
Commur
People of
Austin General Store
Dolk
Agricultural Memorial Museum of
Mr. and
Mrs. K. Ente
Chi Ken
George and
Lisa
Aire
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