Here are a few updates from around Westman !
Brandon Flood
You may have heard that there have been some moisture issues in Brandon. This wasn't the main purpose of my journey but I did snap a few pics from assorted vantage points. I was there a couple of weeks back and posted pics when it was thought to be at its peak. Well, two weeks later and it was worse than ever.
While driving into the dip before the 18th Street (David Thompson) Bridge began you realized that you were actually at, or just beneath, the waterline. That row of sandbags your only protection.
It wasn't just traffic chaos. Here's a deserted Corral Centre on a Saturday afternoon. Car lots, motels and some iconic Brandon places like 'The 40' (bar / club) and Lady of the Lake are also abandoned.
Brandon's not all about the flooding, though....
Assiniboine Community College
Since my last visit t the site in 2009 there have been some great developments at what is the most beautiful post-secondary education setting in the province.
Above 2009. Below 2011
The ca. 1932 Pine Ridge Building is now the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology.
The almost forgotten BMHC cemetery where nearly 400 people were buried from 1898 - 1935 is also visible again thanks to an August 2009 re-dedication. The site now sports ornamental gates, benches and a cairn commemorating those buried on the hospital's grounds.
Forrest, Manitoba
Forrest has a great little grain elevator. It's just a few kilometers from one of those modern grain terminals so I always think that next time I drive by it will be gone. Seems, though, that the elevator is in for a makeover. See the top at there's a new roof and beige metal cladding making its way down.
Rivers, Manitoba
Work is underway on the new curling and hockey rink complex in Rivers. Above is the old version.
This is the new one, done in rural Manitoba's favourite exterior building material (it's not just for sheds anymore !), metal cladding.
Another area project that I have been following is the conversion of an old B.C Mills Timber and Trading Company Bank of Commerce building (then apartment building) into a single family dwelling.
Above are some of the before.
Here's some of the after. More pics soon !
2 comments:
There is a really fascinating grain elevator about 20-30 minutes east, in an abandoned ghost town. Oberon, Manitoba, it was called.
The elevator in Forrest has been clad that way for years now - hasn't changed much but at least they haven't demolished it.
Oh, you're right. I looked at some pics form a couple of years back and that cladding was already there.
I will definitely check out Oberon !
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