Boissevain-Morton Library & Archives

Downtown Boissevain, Manitoba — A Photographic Tour

Boissevain-Morton Library & Archives presents a selection of archival photos from our collection to highlight some interesting areas and buildings around Boissevain, Manitoba's South Railway Street with an accompanying photo for each that was taken more recently (Spring 2024) for comparison.

This presentation is part of ongoing work to digitize and to improve the physical storage and cataloguing of our photo collection for which we received grant support from the Boissevain and Morton Foundation and the Community Services Recovery Fund.

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[Scanned photo of the Turtle Mountain Milling Co. flour mill and elevator]
[2024 photo of the former UGG elevator (former site of the flour mill)]
[Scanned photo of the Mill Road/South Railway intersection during a parade showing the Anglo-Canadian Oils fuel station on the west side next to the railway]
[2024 photo of the Mill Road and South Railway intersection showing a now empty lot on the west side next to the railway]
[Scanned photo of M Holden and Son building at the intersection of Cherry Street and South Railway]
[2024 photo of the Prairie Partners properties (the HandCrafter and The Sawmill Tea and Coffee buildings)]
[Scanned photo of an elevated view of South Railway Street looking east from the intersection with Mill Road]
[2024 photo of the South Railway and Cherry Street intersection looking south]
[Scanned photo of the Texaco fuel station at the intersection of Mill Road and South Railway]
[2024 photo of Town Centre Dental Group building at the intersection of Mill Road and South Railway]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking northeast toward the railway from the mill]
[2024 photo of South Railway Street looking northeast toward the railway with the community gazebo on the left]
[Scanned photo of the Boissevain Auto Club along the south side of South Railway in August 1910 looking east]
[2024 photo looking east on South Railway at the intersection with Stephen Street]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking west from Stephen Street intersection (Ryan House)]
[2024 photo of The Junction building at 336 South Railway (former location of the Ryan House) looking west]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking east from west of the Stephen Street intersection]
[2024 photo of the south side of South Railway looking east from The Junction building]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking east from the Stephen Street intersection with angle parked early automobiles]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking east from Sunrise Credit Union at the Stephen Street intersection]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking west from the Union Bank building]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking west from the Royal Bank building]
[Scanned photo of the Queen's Hotel and livery barn]
[2024 photo of Southwest Agencies and Pringle's Sports Excellence (former site of the Queens Hotel and livery barn)]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking east from slightly west of the Cook Street intersection]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking east from the Royal Bank building at the Cook Street intersection]
[Scanned photo of the railroad station looking west along the tracks from Broadway]
[2024 photo of former railroad station site looking west along the tracks from Broadway]
[Scanned photo of the Andrew Holiday store]
[2024 photo of the Royal Bank building along Cook Street]
[Scanned photo of the Post Office store (Andrew Holiday)]
[2024 photo of the 400 block of South Railway]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking east from the Cook Street intersection]
[2024 photo of South Railway building fronts looking east from Casey Guenther Designs (#402)]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking west through the Cook Street intersection]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking west through the Cook Street intersection]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking West from the Broadway intersection]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking west from the Kilmury Tax building (with old Library signage)]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking southwest, dated 1908]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking west from Countryland Realty]
[Scanned photo of South Railway looking west from the Broadway intersection, circa 1950s]
[2024 photo of South Railway looking west from the Broadway intersection]
[Scanned photo of the Chapman Motors building on the Southeast corner of the South Railway and Broadway intersection]
[2024 photo of the park at the corner of Broadway and South Railway]
[Scanned photo of South Railway and buildings to the South taken from an elevator around 1904]
[2024 drone photo of South Railway Street from the east end looking southwest]

Photo courtesy of Lara Maxwell - Century 21 Westman Realty

[Scanned photo of an elevated view of the Mansion House at the intersection of South Railway and Johnson Street with a view of buildings to the Southwest]
[2024 photo looking east at the Home Hotel (former Mansion House) with St Paul's United Church in the background]