MANITOBA
Winnipeg
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Formerly confused on this website with River Park,
Rod McInnes of Winnipeg submitted that this was a separate park.
Accessed by ship for between 25 and 50 cents and leaving Norwood Bridge on the Red River, RIverside featured dancing, picnic areas, and boat excursions. Tram car service was extended to the park in 1913. No word on what, if any, amusements were there.
Riverside Park
Circa 1890s
During a cloudy-bright day, people lounge on a grassy field while viewing an unknown event out of frame to the left.
Ship Loading
Circa turn of the 20th Century
Passengers queue on the riverbank to embark Steamship "Alberta".
Note the British `Union Jack' flag at Upper Right, and the guyed structure to the left.
Today, Fort Garry University has agricultural plots
on this site for the purpose of experimental research.
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Thank you to Rob McInnes of Winnipeg for bringing this needed correction to our attention, and for supplying the postcard scans. |
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