Manitoba Angling Outlook Mixed With Early Opening News
Open water is increasing across southern Manitoba as spring arrives. The first official angling bulletin lists walleye, pike, and rainbow trout prospects at several lakes and rivers north of 53, with Irwin Lake near Neepawa stocked with 200 000 walleyes. Larry Bell reports Lake Wahtopanah’s late winter run yielded strong pike and many walleyes. Regular season begins May 13, but many trout waters are accessible now with 60 designated sites provincewide.
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Wabishkok Lake
Manitoba
Irwin Lake
Neepawa
Larry Bell
Rivers
Lake Wahtopanah
Bear Season Opens Across Province and Explosives Debate
The bear season runs from April 1 to May in Manitoba with strict clothing and park restrictions. A March Hansard notes grows around The Explosives Act, while Red Wilkinson’s spring edition of The Fish and Game Sportsman debuts. Canada geese from Park Lake return from Ft Whyte on April 12 after relocation last fall.
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Riding Mountain National Park
Bird’s Hill
Craig Stewart
Red Wilkinson
Fish and Game Sportsman
Manitoba
Tom Favell
Erwin Bauer
Park Lake
Neepawa
Ft. Whyte
Early Rossburn Telephone Night Reflections and Memories
Dear Editor recalls the birth of Rossburn telephony from 1910 with a phone in William Young's Store and 2x4 wires. The first 50 line switchboard came in 1913, with wages $10 then $15 monthly. The author, first paid operator, notes the post office location, eight children, and 14 years of work alongside grateful colleagues.
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Rossburn
William Young
Kelloe
Wm. Young
Martha Peden
Sale of Standing Poles and Associated Hardware
The Manitoba Telephone System invites inquiries into purchasing and removing about 54 miles of Pole Line and 64 circuit miles of Iron Wire in the Ross burn Exchange Area. Offers may be in small or large quantities with removal conditions. Written inquiries due by May 3, 1972. telephone contacts provided for details. The system may accept or reject any offer.
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Rossburn Exchange
Manitoba Telephone System
J. J. White
18Th Street
G. C. Kissock
Western Region
Brandon
Manitoba
Manitoba Telephone
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Rossburn Review
Harry C. W. Aylwin
Mountain Ave
Canada
United States
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Man
Rod and
R. T. Robinson
Pas River
Pete Robinson
FORD
Madam Sian
Winnipeg
London
Glasgow
Gill
Gill Neepawa
Ken J. Drozda
Shoal Lake
Rossburn Electric
Radio and TV
Jerry Stebeleski
Broadway Avenue
de Michael Overherman
Ntahatchandeny
James x. Campbell
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