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 Chronicles Through Local Milestones Over a Century
A timeline of Rivers history from 1908 to 2008 highlights building on Main Street, war injuries in 1918, the Rivers Ratepayers association formation in 1948, new births, power failures in 1958, local business changes, reunions, academic honors, hospital reunions, a fatal farm fire, fire department awards, new owners, marriages, fundraising events, and Via Rail station updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E. Thompson
Main Street
Second Avenue
Rivers
Fred
Hank Higginson
Rivers Ratepayers Association
H. Cameron
Claude Garner
F. Kempthorne
Seven Sisters
Winnipeg River
Gordon Taylor
West End
Alex Roberts
Phillip Sykes
Bradwardine
John Steski
Szczerbaniuk
Ukraine
University of Manitoba
Dwight Decker
McGill University
Montreal
Lore Brandon
Saskatchewan
Vile
Mabel Westbroek
William Spearin
Kevin Bayes
Riverdale Hospital
Kevin
Sheila Ferguson
Brandon
Jim
Joan Boles
Rivers Fire Department
Virden
Don
Loretta Walden
Walden’s Insurance
Rapid City
Ken
Bev Walden
Laurel Roberts
Ryan Crighton
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Via Rial
Brandon North
Via
Rivers Train Station Restoration Project Committee
Ontario
On-Witter