
Tag Archives Manitoba Historical Society

VIDEO: Up in smoke, Elva elevator will still live on in homes
Rotting from the bottom up, reclamation for antique wood and hardware was the best bet for the neglected Prairie sentinel

The last days of Brandon’s Red Barn?
AAFC’s plan to tear down an over-century-old barn at the Brandon Research Station is generating push-back

Manitoba no closer to new beef-processing capacity
The industry has long desired more slaughter and processing capacity here at home, but despite decades of hoping, nothing is on the horizon

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: October 2019

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: August 2019

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: July 2019
The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

Visit Manitoba’s buffalo jumps
Other sights on the western Prairies are more famous, but don’t miss this slice of Indigenous history closer to home

The seed company that grew Brandon
An exhibit at Brandon’s Daly House tells the story of McKenzie Seeds’ agricultural roots and breakout into the domestic seed market

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: June 2019
The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

Preserving vanishing Prairie barns a difficult row to hoe
One Wawanesa-area family has already sunk thousands of dollars into saving their heritage barns but fear the structures will succumb to the elements