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 notes 1933 to 2003 in brief
A compact river beats page recaps public meetings and civic moments across decades. Mergers discussed in 1933 Rivers meeting. postmaster Albert Hays retires after 27 years. 1943 curling team undefeated at Melville bonspiel. 1963 blizzard causes crashes near the air base. 1973 Rex Theatre renovation grant announced. 1983 fires and births noted, plus church break-ins investigated. 1993 fuel spill and theft cases, robberies at two stores. 2003 first mobile blood donor clinic in Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Albert Hays
Bradwardine
Rivers Curling Club
Melville
James Frame
George Jelliff
Don Mitchell
Gordon Taylor
Rapid City
J. Rousell
J. Batty
Anne Litovski
Joe Kolotylo
Mellissa Bell
Clarence Baillie
Claydon Co
No. 1
Central Navigation School
E. E. Grant
Alfred Wareham
Grant
Wareham
New Zion Pentecostal Church
Fourth
Brunswick
Cardale
Lac
J. Perrett
Clair English
Rivers Chamber of Commerce
Rex Theatre
Allison Saunders
Barry Armstrong
Don O’brien
Shirley Martinook
Gerry Joynt
Rivers United Church
Rivers Ukrainian Hall
RM of Daly
Julian Hoyak
RCMP
Rolling River School Division
Denise Henry
Diane Brown
Oak River
Brandon
Winnipeg
Art
Shirley Peters
Bob Bette Hyndman
Allan Andrew
Grace Terry-Fearnley
Edith Kerr
Ron Bullock
Rivers and Area Lions Club
Canadian Blood Services