Historic Maps - The Railway | Map 9
Railway Construction as of 1899
Related Collection: Historic Maps – The Railway
Here is southern Manitoba as it appeared in geography books before the Nineteenth Century ended, when Brandon vigorously sought recognition as a railroad hub. The map shows how (with dates) the various lines spread throughout the province's southwest. New townsites arose, while some earlier-settled but bypassed districts moved en bloc to the nearest point along the steel highway, several such communities being renamed in the process (see titles in parentheses).
Scanned from "Brandon: A City", by G.F. Barker, 1977, p. 56