Riding Mountain Park Celebrates 75th Anniversary Events
Jennifer Carlson outlines 2008 plans for Riding Mountain National Park 75th anniversary with numerous activities across the year. Suggestions include movies at the visitor center, family outings, wildlife and nature walks, biking, picnics, sailing, backcountry trips, and cultural experiences at Keeseekoowen and Ojibway First Nation sites, plus shop merchandise and the official 75th site.
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Riding Mountain National Park
East Gate
Deep Lake
Clear Lake Club
Park
Pinewood Museum
Firehall
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POW Camp at Whitewater Lake Details and Daily Life
During World War II German prisoners housed at camps in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. By November 1944 over 31 000 POWs detained in Canada. Whitewater Lake camp built 1943 by Carter-Halls-Aldinger of Winnipeg. Six bunkhouses a cook house hospital and more. Four hundred forty prisoners felled wood and carved ships canoes and made music. Some escaped at night to attend dances. Decommissioned 1945 with structures removed in 1946.
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North Africa
Canada
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
P.O.W
Whitewater Lake
Munitions and Supply
Wartime Housing Commission
Carter- Halls-Aldinger Construction Company
Winnipeg
Crawford Park
Leeds
Europe
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Clear Lake
Lear
Clearlakecountry.com
RMNP
Parks Builders
East Gate Complex
Parks Canada
Riding Mountain Historical Society
Winnipeg Air Command Band
Winnipeg Air Command
Brian Glow
Onanole
Pancefby
Adi
Banner Newspapers
Neepawabanner
Neepawaanner
Neepawabanner.com
myWestman
Rivers Banner
Riversbanner.com
Gazette Reporter
Www
Mywestman.ca
the Bush
Christine Waddell
Blue Moffatt
Elkhorn Resort
Whirlpool Lake
Eve
Fashion House
Minnedosa
Canada Day
the Fashion House
Fashion & Lifestyle
Main St. S. Minnedosa
Jennifer Carlson
Mountain Park
Lake Andy Road
Elkhorn
Agassiz Tower
Aspen
English Garden
Kippan’s Mill
Riding Mountain National
Kevin Bachewich
Rioing Mountain Park
Sportsman’s RV Park
Sportsmanspark.ca
Lartese
Big Daddy Tazz
Jon Ljungberg
Elkhornresort
Elkhorn Resort Presents
Explorez LE Parc National DU
Pccamping
Parks Canada Campground Reservation Service
Pc.gc
Parcs
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!