Tag Archives: assiniboine river
Wakpa Tanka Lookout – Miniota
Reid Dickie For thousands of years the valley of the Assiniboine River provided food, water and shelter. Along its banks are numerous known and unknown former campsites where evidence of habitation can be found. In 1992, pipeline crews discovered a … Continue reading
Manitoba Heritage House -Beechmount
Reid Dickie A short feature article and picture of Beechmount can be found on my Houses page but the house and its owner richly deserve a more thorough report. A few years ago I visited Beechmount and was given an enchanting … Continue reading
Spruce Woods Park Update – August 12
Reid Dickie Friday, August 12, 2011 Manitoba Hwy 5 is now open through Spruce Woods Park but there is limited access to park facilities and trails. When I drove through the newly-opened highway today I was horrified by the damage … Continue reading
Filed under Day Tripping, Earth Phenomena, Flood, Natural Places, Sacred Places, Spirit, spirit sands
Manitoba Flood Update – June 23
Reid Dickie “Time to start building an ark,” said the elderly man ahead of me at the Hort’s this morning. Surveying the current situation, he may be right. Deluges of rain in the Souris River watershed over the weekend have … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Natural Places, Saskatchewan
Manitoba Flood Update – June 6
Reid Dickie While we rest safe and easy here in Winnipeg – the Red River Floodway now unnecessary and closed – over 2400 Manitobans are still evacuated from their homes by inundations from Lake Manitoba, Dauphin Lake, Lake St. Martin, Assiniboine River and … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Local History, Prairie People
Faces of the Flood
A series of photographs of people’s faces as they deal with Manitoba’s flood. Click pics to enlarge. Matt Janzen reaches across his 5 foot dike to hand his 2 year old daughter Kaitlyn to his wife Melanie at their home just … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Images, Local History, Natural Places, Prairie People
Manitoba Flood Update – Friday, May 27
Reid Dickie The flood situation in southern Manitoba is beginning to stabilize with water levels dropping. I took a drive out the re-opened Hwy #75 south of Winnipeg this week and found many fields, especially around Morris and south, still covered with standing water … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Natural Places, Uncategorized
Manitoba Flood Update – Monday May 23
Reid Dickie The heavy rains that fell Saturday are making their way through the river system causing some concern and slowing the water’s decline in most places along the Assiniboine. The major concern is about inflow from the Souris and Qu’ … Continue reading
Filed under Flood, Natural Places
