Friday, December 31, 2021

Winnipeg Maps 1915, Streetcars, Interurbans

 


Above: A hand-coloured Valentine company postcard, no date.

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The two following images are different sizes of the same map of Winnipeg - from the Government of Canada Atlas of 1915. 
(Original size is about 12 inches by 17 inches)
Electric railways are shown in blue.



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The next images are from The Era of Streetcars and Interurbans in Winnipeg 1881-1955; Herbert W Blake; 1974; self-published.




Streetcar lines above. Interurban lines below.




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More details on the Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg follow from: 
The Intercity Electric Railway Industry in Canada; John F Due; 1966; University of Toronto Press.




Postcard above by Bloom Brothers, Winnipeg, hand-coloured, no date.