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Over the course of its history, the province of Manitoba has witnessed numerous of its populated communities experience decline to become ghost towns.Triggers were usually changes in economic conditions, such as natural resource prices or resource depletion, or changes in transportation networks, such as rail alignment selection, rail line closures and highway realignments.
Port Nelson, Manitoba. Coordinates: 57°03′17″N 92°35′54″W. Port Nelson in 1917. Map of the Nelson Estuary with Hayes River visible at the bottom (1927) Port Nelson is a ghost town on Hudson Bay, in Manitoba, Canada, at the mouth of the Nelson River. Its peak population in the early 20th century was about 1,000 people. [1]
Bradburn, Manitoba. Coordinates: 49°36′00″N 98°04′00″W. Bradburn is a ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada near the town of Carman. Founded in 1906, it was a stop on the Midland Railway. The town died after the railway closed and the tracks were taken up, in 1926.
Western settlement began and immigration encroached across the Manitoba border into the North-West Territories later to become the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905. Rail stations, post offices, schools, and towns sprang up approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to 10 miles (16 km) apart to accommodate ox and cart as well as horse and wagon travel.
One of Nevada's largest ghost towns, Rhyolite was once the third-largest city in the state. Formed during the Gold Rush in 1904, it grew to be a bustling town of more than 10,000 people with an ...
List of ghost towns in the Northwest Territories. List of ghost towns in Nova Scotia. List of ghost towns in Nunavut. List of ghost towns in Ontario. List of ghost towns in Prince Edward Island. List of ghost towns in Quebec. List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan. List of ghost towns in Yukon.
York Factory. Categories: Populated places in Manitoba. Ghost towns in Canada. Buildings and structures in Manitoba.
Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line. Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support groups. Located within Gillam's boundaries, Hydro has four hydro dams — Kettle Generating Station ...