Abandoned Manitoba

Overview

Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between as the author helps us reclaim some of our long-lost heritage. is full colour, richly illustrated book looks at abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned,and what they tell us about the history of the province.

Follow along with all images from the book, and their descriptions, by downloading the supplementary material: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcJLSqjjg7-JFSlC8bj-OTdyuofdfzwK/view

Author Biography

GORDON GOLDSBOROUGH is an aquatic ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and an active member of the Manitoba Historical Society, serving as its President and Head Researcher. His weekly radio series on CBC entitled @Abandoned Manitoba” was the inspiration for two best-selling books, starting with Abandoned Manitoba in 2016. The sequel More Abandoned Manitoba won the 2019 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.