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 remembers fires and hockey ties across decades
A retrospective of local history recounts events from 1911 to 2011 in Rivers. It notes merchants closing shops to support a Brandon hockey club trip, a 1951 fire at Rivers Laundry, and the town hosting its second annual electric bonspiel. It also covers bus service changes, quilting bees, Our Place theater project, births, sports awards, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Brandon
Rivers Laundry
Manitoba Motor Transit Ltd
Wheatland
Joint Air Training Centre
Glanton
Forrest
Cardale
Orange Hall
Adolph Psydyk
Carl Hafke
Oak River & Area Lions Club
Allen Reid
Richard Smith
Glen Rudneski
Danielle
Taryn Dyer
Virden
St. Adolphe
Rivers Collegiate
Taryn
Rivers Elementary
Jim Horne
Valleyview Sno-Riders
Rivers Curling Club
Rolling River
Quinn Robins
Riley McLeod
Minnedosa