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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
The busy Canadian National Railway line, which passes through Rivers, Manitoba, has its origins with the Grand Trunk Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, which established the Town of Rivers as a divisional point on its new line in 1908.
Historic Maps - Settlement Era
In attempting to understand the past, maps help us trace the changes that settlement and development have brought.
Historic Maps - The Railway
Tracing the development of the railway in the Rivers regions through maps.
Special Places
The Special Places Project has documented over 100 sites in Rivers, Manitoba, and area that possess heritage characteristics.
The Sekine Story
For about a decade, beginning in 1973, thousands of high-quality Sekine bicycles were manufactured near Rivers, Manitoba at the Oo-za-we-Kwun Centre in facilities that were once part of one of the most important Air Force Bases in Canada.
Train Tracks: Stories from a Railway Town
A series of short articles that explore all facets of the history of the region.
Virtual Manitoba (Miscellaneous)
Items about miscellaneous locations and organizations in River, Manitoba.
