May 30, 1882
- The City of Brandon is officially incorporated. It went from a
settlement to a full-fledged city in less than a year. As Pierre Berton
recounts:
This
began in Brandon: A man called McVicar had a farm in Grand Valley and
General Rosser, who was then the engineer, rode out and said to
McVicar, "We want to buy your land. What's the price? He offered him a
price and McVicar was going to take it until his friend said, "No,
this is the CPR, ask for more." So McVicar raised the price about
$10,000 and Rosser looked at him and said, "I'll be damned if there'll
ever be a town at Grand Valley"-and there never has been. He drove
off to the Brandon Hills and formed the town of Brandon in what was
virgin territory…
Brandon land ad from the Free Press, February 18, 1882
For more Brandon history see Hillman Web, Heritage Brandon.
May 30, 1811
- The HBC grants Lord Selkirk 70 million acres (300 000 km2) of land
along the Red and Assiniboine Rivers for the sum of 10 shillings. In return , he agreed to populate Assiniboia with settlers from the United Kingdom.
After a number of natural disasters, including crop failures and floods the land reverted back to the HBC in 1836.
After a number of natural disasters, including crop failures and floods the land reverted back to the HBC in 1836.
May 30, 2010 Dufferin Roblin dies in Winnipeg. He served as an MLA for nearly 20 years, 11 of them as Premier.
He is best remembered as the man behind the Red River Floodway, nicknamed Duff's Ditch. In a 2008 Winnipeg Free Press contest he was voted 'The Greatest Manitoban'.
He is best remembered as the man behind the Red River Floodway, nicknamed Duff's Ditch. In a 2008 Winnipeg Free Press contest he was voted 'The Greatest Manitoban'.
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