My father was born and raised in lauder manitoba. Spent many a summer holidays visiting relatives there. Was last there in mid seventies when quite a few people still lived there. Great video.
As a Manitoban, it's really cool to see the small, abandoned towns in the province. Some really cool buildings and old cars too! Thank you for uploading
grew up around some of these places and now reside in a village of 300... it's amazing to see how things change over time; sometimes 30-50 years is all it takes and it is beyond recognition.
Is any of it available for viewing? I would love to see some of that, as B&W photography simply can't be matched for things like that. I started out with B&W film photography in high school (more than a few years ago, 🙂) and I still think that's where I got my real interest in it from!
Former Lyleton Resident here, The store at the start was an old lumber/hardware store. Our friends in town now own it just simple for storing the old equipment from their farm. There was also an old brick post office beside that. it was torn down when canada post made cuts and put in the post boxes. was ran by an old woman for many decades and you could buy eggs from her farm there. My house was in the drone shot of the elevator which was pretty neat to see. It's to bad you didn't check out the old stone church here, its the oldest building in town, 1880's i believe and was the reason for the settling of this area. There was also a hotel on the other side of the road from the hardware store for the railroad. There is also at the northwest side of the town, a little monument of the old school that was there until the 80's. it was an old two floor brick school and they tore it down but made a little monument where it stood. I'm sure there are great pictures online of what Lyleton used to look like.
Wow thank you! I was there in 2005 and saw that brick building on old grain elevator. Did see the Church but I am going to add that to a Manitoba Church video. My grandma whom I never met was from this area.
I find it so unique that there was a hockey/curling rink in the abandoned town. From an Economic Development point of view, I find it fascinating to see the key economic activity that can create a prairie town. It seems like a railroad and grain elevator can make a town. Knowing Canadian and American history, without the railroads linking the prairies to the East, Canada was just a primary products country. Shutting down the border and building rail prevented the grain going down the Red River to Minneapolis. You can the prairie provinces grow as the railroad moved West!
Thank you Chris! I was raised on Lido Plage Road that runs out of Headingley, Manitoba. I enjoyed your tour. I’d been through Griswald before. It’s really a shame they took out the railway. I used to love taking the train to Saskatchewan and Alberta. After I moved to Alberta I would take my girls back to Manitoba to visit by train from Medicine Hat. Really a pity! We lost so much when they shut down the railway. 😢. I like your other ghost towns as well! 🙋🏻♀️👍🏼
My grandparents owned the land the church was on and sold it just a few years ago. My grandpa told me the old truck there used to have a boxed in back and was used to pick kids up in the area and bring them to the school. My grandma was one of the kids. A very cool spot! The old church before it burnt down was a hiding spot for bootleggers who would stash alcohol under the floorboards!
Manitoba another photogenic place to shoot, Those churches are beutiful' So much space between buildings and grain elevators everywhere' So trade must of been huge decades ago, it's a real shame the trains have stopped running as they would probably still be bustling with people... AWESOME video again Chris and many many thanks for sharing these wonderful places in Canada..... Best 73s from the uk... 😊
We watched this video today Chris. You did an awesome job of it. So grateful having this technology and the ability of seeing landscape we’ve only driven through in the past. xo P&H xo
I learned how to skate in Tilston. The brown building with the tin roof at 8:59 is where my mom and dad would swap me out for their shared custody. I have very fond memories of this area.
I live in a small town of around 100 people, well according to the last census but i think that there is less now. Still some life but much of it is abandoned. To me it is really sad to see these small towns shrink and then die.
@@attrell A few are, I think the high cost of owning a home in most of Canada is pushing some people onto the prairies. In addition with the invention of Starlink its now possible to get good quality internet no matter where you live making remote work a possibility where it never was before. However i think that the towns that are recovering are those closer to population centers. If the town is to far away from a major population center it can make life really difficult as even something as simple as purchasing groceries becomes a major issue.
This video brought back a lot of memories. I was working as a geologist on a drilling rig operating in and around this area in the 1990’s. I got to see a lot of these towns especially the ones off the beaten track. The Anglican Church hasn’t changed much in 30 years and you’re correct about the close by American phone networks.
The town of Napinka has one of the most beautiful cemeteries. It is on a hill just out of town, surrounded by spruce and pine trees. Every grave has a peony planted by it and they are the really old heritage varieties. My great aunts and uncles are buried there. My grandmother’s father was the Post Office clerk many years ago and my grandmother had many fond memories of growing up in Napinka.
I've always wondered what some of these towns look like, thanks for the view! I live in sw manitoba and have been exploring lots this summer. These will be on my list to visit next.
I went to Lauder! There were 2 people there living there, a nice older woman and an older guy who was mowing the yards. He told me about the Studebaker truck out there, its super rare truck with only a few ever being made he said. Nice little place
@@Toxicaligator I left Manitoba for California 53 years ago. I was almost 12, but my dad used to take us on many adventures in the station wagon. I do go visit family about every 10 years and now we go out of our way to stop and explore. These videos bring back so many memories. One of our family friends owned a long gone castle in Ashern. That was the coolest place to visit. He had his own plane and in the barn was a Model T truck that still ran. I am extremely overdue for an adventure road trip. Probably take my boys along. Do get out and explore. I do it here in California and it's never a dull moment.
@@georgesbrodeur9608I don’t think your missing much. I’ve lived in Winnipeg all my 50 years of life, things don’t change and if they do it’s at a snails pace. Wait, I spoke to soon, crime and an increase in mosquitoes have changed.
@@Rae-lh7ex mosquitoes, ah the national bird of Canada. I miss visiting family. I don't miss the winters and definitely don't miss the mosquitoes. As for crime, as the population goes up, so does the crime. If memory serves me, the North end started going down hill even when I lived there 53 years ago. What I don't understand is the real estate prices. There's no economy to justify them. Just like here in Silly-Con Valley. Enjoy your day. Make the best of it.
The Blue Dress on the side of a couple of buildings that you mentioned in Isabella I believe they are Barn Quilts. They are paintings depicting quilt patterns. I moved to Manitoba in ‘08 and I’m never leaving. I dearly love the prairies.
Thank you for the wonderful video. The blue Dress on two buildings is pretty current, They are put up by quilters and you can follow the trail of quilters around Manitoba
Great video Chris. I think there’s one thing we can take away from these wonderful videos. Point being - when the railway pulls out, the town dies shortly after.
The rural to urban shift continues. Sad to think of the loss of “community”, all the baseball diamonds, skating and curling rinks, community halls, weddings, socials, reunions, fun and also adversity that’s gone. I see the skeletons of buildings but hear the echo of people. Also, pretty sure Marg Heise of Isabella taught mathematics at the Birtle High School. Lovely person, great teacher. Somebody set me straight if Mrs Heise’s first name wasn’t Marg. It’s been awhile.
Grew up in Langruth Manitoba and left in 1969. There used to be around 300 people there but it is down to about 85 . It had around 20 businesses on the main drag including two lumber yards ,a hardware store, two restaurants,the Ridge Hotel, the Royal Canadian Legion ,four service stations ,two grocery stores, Solo Store and a Red and White,a curling club and indoor arena ,still opearating ,a woman's clothing store ,Massey Ferguson and Case dealership, two churches which still remain, a butcher shop, a high school ,kids are taken to Gladstone now for grades 9- 12 , Royal Bank and a 250 seat movie theatre which burnt to the ground in 1957,two grain elevators ,Federal Grain and Manitoba Pool ,several service clubs including an Elks club and Royal Purple ,a CGIT club,a WI woman's club and a 4H.all gone now CNR passenger service which shut down in 1960 and the spur line out of Portage was pulled out in 1984. Just one general store left hanging on Main Street.All the main buildings including the hotel have either burnt or have been demolished. The Legion was turned into housing .Close to being a ghost town now .
@@emptyhad2571 There used to be 2 to 3 farms on each section and most families in the Langruth area had 4-5 kids. Now the farms are as large as 5-6 sections and the big corporations are buying up the land in that area for a million dollars or more per section.Even less people around when this happens.McCains out of Portage has bought up a lot of land in that area for potato crops.Two brothers from the Langruth area just sold their farm for 8 million .
Every time I see an abandoned garage, I think of the hundreds of fan belts that hung on nails on the wall of the service facility from the days when fan belts didn’t last too long.
So cool, you would really enjoy Millwood MB, the bridge over the Assiniboine River is worth the trip itself. I wonder if the drone could spot the areas of the old dsm that was constructed to power the sawmill
Amazing video! If you're ever looking for spots a bit closer to Central MB, but still in the west may I suggest Mariapolis. It's where my family is from, there's still a few people there for such a small town but there's some cool abandoned buildings in and around Mariapolis
In the past that is what I did, but on this trip I rarely saw anyone. Must be because it was harvest season? In 2005 before I dreamed of Books or RU-vid, I regularly chatted with people. Too bad I don't remember any of those details.
The ‘blue dress’ on the buildings in Isabella is a traditional quilt block called Sunbonnet Sue. Not sure what the significance of that is but would be interesting to find out.
My favorite one because my parents live in Tilston and acutely own the little building with the Bateman guest house. It is also available for rent buy the day or week and is very clean and comfortable
Grew up a few miles outta Bradwardine. Sounds like there's more people there now than when I was growing up. Wished you had drove through the town itself . Not sure if the bank vault is still standing just passed the elevator .
I live south of Isabella. We only hold one museum day each year. This year it will be held in the afternoon of July 7, 2024. All the museums will be open, followed by supper at the hall. Also, private viewings can be arranged on other days during the summer by appointment.
One similar content maker in the USA uses the criteria that a ghost town is a town without a post office. This situation was true for every Reservation. Sioux Valley residents traveled 8 mi south to Griswold and used post office boxes. What makes a 'ghost town' today?
"When you're in Manitoba be aware some of the highways are not in great shape" is an understatement. More like "be aware the highways in Manitoba will ruin your car within 1 year" lol!
I have been through quite a few of those towns myself over the years. I know the guy who owns the McConnell townsite including the elevators. I also remember driving over that bridge at Bradwardine as a little kid with my parents and my grandparents. My grandparents lived just east of Harding in a big brick house which is no longer there.
