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!
Local memories span weddings to vandalism in Oak River area
Chronicle recaps events from 1937 to 1997 in Oak River and Rivers Manitoba. Marriages include Eleanor Wareham and James Kelly in 1937. anniversaries for Shanks and Kroeger. births such as a girl to Wes Peters in December 1977. a 1967 mortgage burning at Oak River United Church tied to Canada's centennial. and a 1997 Blanshard Hotel break-in with a red or maroon Tempo or Topaz vehicle sought by police.
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Eleanor Wareham
James Kelly
Glenise Piercy
Ted
Sgt
Canada
Rivers
Mike Brodie
Hastings Motors
Wes Peters
Zion Pentecostal Church
Carole Ellis
George Kroeger
John Radcliffe
Blanshard
Oak River