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The Winnipeg Police Museum is a museum that displays the history of the Winnipeg Police Service from 1874 to the present. Pictures, equipment, vehicles and other artifacts are presented within the museum. An original 1911 jail cell from the North End Station is one of the highlights of the museum. [6]
Winnipeg also overtook responsibility for the RM of Charleswood, whose contract with the RCMP had expired. The remaining police forces at this time were those of Winnipeg, Fort Garry, St. Boniface, St. James-Assiniboia, St. Vital, and Transcona—each of whom continued working out of their own stations and wearing their respective shoulder flashes.
The history of Winnipeg's rail heritage and the Countess of Dufferin may be seen at the Winnipeg Railway Museum. 1881 – The city's population grew from 25,000 in 1891 to more than 179,000 in 1921. [4] 1882 – Winnipeg Transit founded. 1882 – Winnipeg Fire Department established. 1886 – A new City Hall building was constructed.
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Pages in category "History of Winnipeg" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... History of Winnipeg; Timeline of Winnipeg history; 0–9 ...
The name Winnipeg is named after Lake Winnipeg to the north, and the name is related to a native word referring to the cloudy, silt-filled water flowing off the prairies. The first farming in Manitoba appeared to be along the Red River, near Lockport, Manitoba , where maize (corn) and other seed crops were planted before contact with Europeans.
Two shot dead by police. 1919 – General strikes in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Brandon, Amherst (NS). The 1919 Vancouver strike in sympathy with Winnipeg is the longest general strike in Canadian history. [25] 1919 – Alberta Coal miners at Drumheller struck for OBU union recognition
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