Abandoned Manitoba
From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain Elevators
- Publisher
- Great Plains Publications
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Category
- General, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927855485
- Publish Date
- Oct 2016
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
colour photos Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between as the author helps us reclaim some of our long-lost heritage. This full colour, richly illustrated book looks at abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned, and what they tell us about the history of the province.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Gordon Goldsborough is an aquatic ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and a former Director of the Delta Marsh Field Station. An active member of the Manitoba Historical Society, Goldsborough has served as its President (2004-2006), Journal Editor (2005-present), and Webmaster (2003-present). He has written two previous books and is presently doing a weekly radio series on CBC entitled "Abandoned Manitoba."
