The name “Winnipeg” originated from the Cree words meaning muddy water, referring to the dark water of the rivers and lakes in the region. It is the largest city in Manitoba and serves as the capital too.
Aerial View of Winnipeg Manitoba
Famous People of Manitoba
Winnipeg Canada Persons of Note
May 16th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: Winnipeg
May 11th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: View of the Auditorium, Cenotaph, Parliament Building and University Building
Auditorium, Cenotaph, Parliament Building and University Building Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 5th, 2010
The 1921 Willys Knight
The origin of this car has begun just when J.N. Willys met up with Charles Y. Knight whilst on a trip to England. Knight has convinced Willys that the sleeve valve engine had some very desirable features over the poppet valve motor. As soon as he reached England, J.N. Willys hired a Knight sleeve valve powered Daimler and covered 4,500 miles of English and Scottish roads in just 15 days – a decent test for those days.
1921 Willys Knight
April 30th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: Winnipeg's Business Centre
Business Centre Winnipeg Manitoba
April 25th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: 1904 Winnipeg's Post Office
Post Office Winnipeg Manitoba
April 20th, 2010
The Stoddard Dayton Model 9H
The Stoddard-Dayton, a product of the Dayton Motor Car Company, is a luxury brand automobile built in Dayton, Ohio, between 1905 and 1913. Stoddard-Dayton is noted for being the first pace car for the first Indianapolis 500 race in 1911. This automobile has been prized by its owner since 1976.The company adopted a strategy of building the highest quality motor cars with powerful engines.
909 Stoddard Dayton Model 9H
April 15th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: Old Fort Garry Gateway
The gate’s history is one of rejection and threatened destruction and its existence today, as the centerpiece of Fort Garry Gateway Park on the east side of Fort Street, seems due more to luck and happen stance than civic planning. The last remnant of Upper Fort Garry, which was dismantled in 1881-1882, the gate is a shell structure. The only decoration on its bare stone walls are commemorative plaques by the Canadian Club of Winnipeg and the Historic Sites Advisory Board of Canada.
- Old Fort Garry Gateway
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Famous People of Manitoba
www.famouspeopleofmanitoba.ca
April 10th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: Portage Avenue Manitoba
This is an image from a postcard of the old Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Portrage Avenue Manitoba
April 6th, 2010
Explore Manitoba: St. Andrew Locks
It was because of the people’s desire to improve the navigation on the Red River that started it all. St. Andrew’s Locks was considered as one of the major engineering development of its time. It was on May 4, 1910, when it was officially opened and served the public. The ceremony was headed by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier who spoke to thousand of Winnipegers about the pride brought by the new structural development to the citizens of Canada as a whole. Today, St. Andrews Lock and Dam is known to be a national historic site in Lockport.
St Andrew's Locks in Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 28th, 2010
Max Labovitch New York Rangers
Labovitch and the New York Rovers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Labovitch
Maxwell Labovitch (born January 18, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Canadian ice hockey player. His physical measurements are 5’11″, 165 pounds.
Career
Labovitch played professional hockey for ten years and missed two seasons due to military service (1942–43 and 1944–45). In 1941-42 he played for the New Haven Eagles of the American Hockey League. In 1943-44 he saw time with both the New York Rangers and the New York Rovers. In 1945 he played for the Vancouver Pros and the Stan Evan Orioles of Winnipeg.
He did not retire from hockey until after the 1949-50 season. That year, he had 42 points in 49 games for the Toledo Buckeyes of the IHL.
Labovitch was inducted in the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001
nternational Hockey League (1945-2001)
- http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/atr/bio.asp?PlayerID=586&FirstName=Max&LastName=Labovitch
- http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=14586
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_zolf/20020131.html
- http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=14
- http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13257