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People | Shoal Lake History
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Articles on This Page. MATTHEW THOMPSON “THE FATHER OF SHOAL LAKE”. ROBERT SCOTT: ENTERPRISING VISIONARY. J D McLEAN: A PIONEER AND HIS LEGACY. MATTHEW THOMPSON “THE FATHER OF SHOAL LAKE”. The Shoal Lake Star. W A Myers, to deem Matt Thompson the Father of Shoal Lake . The Father (and Mother) of Shoal Lake, Matthew and Carrie Thompson. Being a wily Scotsman, Thompson decided to stake his claim with a bit of theatrics. Capitalizing on the fact Baer didn’t know him very well, Matt Thompson came up with...
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readreidread | Shoal Lake History
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Writer/shaman. Wanna know more? Check out my FAQ and About pages. Shoal Lake Businesses 1979. October 13, 2015. The town of Elphinstone celebrated its centennial in 1979 and the Shoal Lake Star printed a special issue commemorating the event. Several Shoal Lake companies advertised in the paper including Menzies Department Store where Junction 16 Clothing is today, and … Continue reading →. Two Aerial Views of Shoal Lake. June 24, 2015. May 29, 2015. January 6, 2015. SL History Blog 3rd Anniversary.
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January 6, 2015. Reid Dickie Today I received this inquiry: Hello, I’m the curator at the Wellington County Museum and Archives near Fergus, Ontario and am looking into the William James Griffin Jr. family of Shoal Lake. William’s uncle, William A. Griffin, was … Continue reading →. Welcome to Shoal Lake History. Shoal Lake Minute #18. In 1909, Dobbs, as village clerk, received over a hundred applications in response to an advertisement for a constable that appeared in Winnipeg papers. The village’s ...
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Two Aerial Views of Shoal Lake. June 24, 2015. Former resident Terry Lewycky sent me a couple of aerial views of Shoal Lake from the 1980s. Above is a great summer shot taken by Pradniuk Advertising about 1982. Terry was Advertising Manager for Travel Manitoba (remember the slogan Good … Continue reading →. Welcome to Shoal Lake History. Shoal Lake Minute #18. In 1909, Dobbs, as village clerk, received over a hundred applications in response to an advertisement for a constable that appeared in Winnipeg p...
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Events | Shoal Lake History
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Articles on This Page. FROM BUCKET BRIGADES TO THE JAWS OF LIFE. EPIDEMICS, HYDRO AND THE PHONE. FROM BUCKET BRIGADES TO THE JAWS OF LIFE. Though this rarely happened, it left an indelible impression. Shoal Lake fire brigade about 1900. The next major fire wiped out one of Shoal Lake’s oldest landmarks. Lakeview House, a boarding house built in 1885 by pioneer William Bates, burned down in 1906. That year the village government acquired a modern double cylinder chemical fire engine. The contr...The engin...
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Tag Archives: mark fikkert. May 29, 2015. This photograph was taken by Mark Fikkert in May 2015. Past the spruce trees around the edge of the lake is the RCMP Museum. Welcome to Shoal Lake History. Shoal Lake Minute #18. In 1909, Dobbs, as village clerk, received over a hundred applications in response to an advertisement for a constable that appeared in Winnipeg papers. The village’s new constable would be Donald Findlayson. Frank and Mary Dobbs moved into Winnipeg where he died in 1940, laid to rest Ne...
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Eleven Cycles of Change. This is my hometown. A dot on a map. Here time has taken my cathedrals away:. The movie theatre, high school,. Town hall, rink, train bridge are. When I left I forfeited the right to. Own them anywhere but in memory. Our house, where I first heard. Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Axis: Bold as Love. Is someone else’s now. The Beatles live here for me. Many of my changes are here. The spruce grove at the lake is now. This soft ground and these wise old trees. Sticky and warm in my mind.
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60 SL Minutes | Shoal Lake History
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60 SHOAL LAKE MINUTES. Minute, everything can change. While I was researching the feature articles about Shoal Lake history that ran in. Before and during centennial year (all of which you can find on this blog), I kept running into specific topics of interest that couldn’t support longer articles. Being a creative historian, I wrote a series of short pieces, each under 300 words, on the various topics. I called them Shoal Lake Minutes. Shoal Lake By the Numbers Part 1. What’s in a Name? The Old Town Hall.
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Pictures | Shoal Lake History
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Two Aerial Views of Shoal Lake. June 24, 2015. Former resident Terry Lewycky sent me a couple of aerial views of Shoal Lake from the 1980s. Above is a great summer shot taken by Pradniuk Advertising about 1982. Terry was Advertising Manager for Travel Manitoba (remember the slogan Good … Continue reading →. May 29, 2015. This photograph was taken by Mark Fikkert in May 2015. Past the spruce trees around the edge of the lake is the RCMP Museum. Welcome to Shoal Lake History. Shoal Lake Minute #18. In 1909...
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Places | Shoal Lake History
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Articles on This Page. VISIONS IN THE DARK Shoal Lake at the Movies. BUTTERY DAYS: Shoal Lake Creamery. THE TREASURE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. WHAT’S IN A NAME? VISIONS IN THE DARK. Though the Avalon Theatre is the one in most recent memory, it was not the first theatre in town. The first movies in Shoal Lake were likely shown in a playhouse that was built in 1908, considered at the time as one of the finest venues in the West. The Shoal Lake Star. The Million Dollar Collar. Ran in April 1930. However, the ...
