Interested in the history of our area?

 

The North East Winnipeg Historical Society covers the Elmwood, East Kildonan and North Kildonan area and has existed since 2010. 

Its mandate is to collect and preserve the history of the area for present and future generations. I am the current president of the organization and we meet on the third Wednesday of every month (except July and August) at 7 p.m. at the Bronx Park Community Centre but, owing to the present pandemic situation, we have met only three times in the past year.

Once restrictions on gatherings have been lifted and it is safe to do so, we will begin meeting again. Everyone is welcome to attend society meetings.

Society members attend many community events and we also create our own events. We have had guest speakers on historical matters of interest and we have also created a dozen different historical walks of the area which have proven popular

 We have our own website - www.newpghs.com - where one can find some of my original research, along with articles from local newspapers on historical events of the area and a large selection of historical maps.

We also have a very large and active Facebook page at North East Winnipeg Historical Society.

One of our largest projects has been the creation and publication of three books on the history of the area. 

All three are available for sale and . can be obtained from Maureen Silk at mtsilk@shaw.ca or myself at jimsmith@mts.net or by calling 204-338-7753. 

We have sold hundreds of each of our volumes already but if you haven’t obtained a copy yet or you know of someone who may be interested, please contact us.

I believe that in order to know where we are going we need to now where we came from and the North East Winnipeg Historical Society attempts to do this. 

We are hopeful that in the future we will have a location of our own.

Jim Smith is a community correspondent for Elmwood, East Kildonan and North Kildonan. Email him at jimsmith@mts.net