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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]
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.
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.
Cities and towns in Manitoba. A town is an incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. [1] Under current legislation, a community must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a minimum density of 400 people per square kilometre to incorporate as an urban municipality. [2]
Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park is a reported location of multiple hauntings, including the ghosts of a young bride, bellman and a Haunted room no.873 (now sealed and combined with room no.875, but underlines of the door and lights above the door place remain visible and a ghost still supposedly haunts the room).
York Factory. Categories: Populated places in Manitoba. Ghost towns in Canada. Buildings and structures in Manitoba.
A list of 53 ghost towns yet not a single reference to support even one of them? This source, which may or may not be reliable, only lists four within the entire province. Serious research and validation needs to be undertaken to verify what truly is and is not a ghost town on this list. And no, every rail siding that ever existed doesn't ...