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!
Rivers area keeps history in focus with century of events
A compact retrospective from 1909 to 2009 lists notable local moments in Rivers. Buckets placed for fires, first electricity, snowbound days, curling club formation, grand openings, medical cases, growth of business, births and anniversaries, a snowmobile club, fires, awards, church closings, and a large pancake breakfast with hundreds attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers Board of Trade
Robert McKenzie
Charles Howard
Rivers
Rivers Men’s Curling Club
Kay Gilchrist
Paul Schulze
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Rivers Medical Clinic
North American Lumber
McKenzie’s
Taylor and Sons Ltd
F/O
Sheldon Luck
Harold Pearce
Les Dyer
Roy Mallett
Lakeside Snow Riders
Jim Wood
Bradwardine
Ivan Purdy
Christine Bennett
Brian Hearn
Carmen Hornibrook
Thomas Neal
Bob Esplin
Don Mitchell
Brandon
West Man Tourist Association
Rene Prefontaine
Alex Matheson
Gazette
W. Cochrane
Lynn Dowhan
Craig Dalton
Rivers and Area Lions Club
Ruby Wareham
O. Larsen
Tarbolton
Rivers Women’s Institute
Ers
Roy Stevenson
Rivers Rams
Dominion City
Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Alexander the Clown
Santa
Max White
Camille Villeneuve
Chicoutimi
Quc
Rivers Curling Club
Canada
United States
Scotland