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: Polio, trains, and town milestones span decades
A 1952 Rivers item notes CN’s longest test train at 1,666 miles with 185 cars, plus four new polio cases at the Rivers airbase and Brooke School opening to kindergartners only. Other entries recount local births, ship shipments, court orders, fires, and community events across 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002 and 2012.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Transcona
Department of Health
Brooke School
George Gerrard
Gerald Chartier
Bill Kelly
France
Brandon
Pierson
Douglas
Morden
Interlake
Simmental
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Cardale Boy Scouts and Cub Pack
Cardale United Church
Murray Bray
Jim Irvine
Toby Wurtz
Oak River School
Russell McKague
Dawson Dry Cleaners
Jim Mills Ltd
General Motors
Wheatland
Bradwardine
John Common
Rivers Collegiate
Bev Learmonth
Bev Stokotelney
Lesley Shamray
Bette Andrew
Bob Hyndman
Terry Fox
Frank Hayhurst
Oak River
North American Fur Producers Marketing Inc
Toronto
New York
Michael ‘Turnbull
Shauna Constable
April Jewett
Ralph Sprenger
Brenda Eissler