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Old Posted Jun 6, 2017, 7:40 PM
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I always like checking old images vs new. When the only way to tell the date is by the vehicles! I bet that building still looks the same, just more rundown.
You know, it actually looks pretty good these days...



Churchill is a very well kept town by northern standards, though.

There are a lot of more remote places where the Northern Store is one of the only non-dilapidated buildings in town. NWC does a pretty good job with the upkeep of their stores.
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Old Posted Jun 6, 2017, 7:52 PM
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Well I'll be. Looks great. I haven't been to many Northern stores around the Province. But have heard they are good corporate peoples.
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Old Posted Jun 7, 2017, 12:08 AM
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^ The thought of a full on big box store in Churchill is hard to fathom... it's a tiny town with only about 1,000 residents.

I will say, I first visited Churchill in 1987 when HBC ran the remote northern stores that are now operated by Northwest Co. Given that I associated The Bay with the big downtown Winnipeg store, I remember finding it amazing that little old Churchill had its own Bay store.

And here it is!

Perhaps the only Hudson's Bay store on Hudson Bay?
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Old Posted Jun 7, 2017, 12:51 AM
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Lynn Lake should take some initiative and become a town. Just saying.
it was incorprated as a municipality so was leaf rapids
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Old Posted Jun 7, 2017, 1:10 AM
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^ Get off your lazy duffs and make something of yourself, Lynn Lake!

But seriously though, what is even left in that town? Is there still an operating mine there? I remember visiting in the 90s and it seemed half abandoned, with many of the buildings boarded up. Obviously a far cry from the boomtown it was in the 70s when the mine was operating at full speed.

Seems that almost every town in the north has that kind of depressing, forlorn feel... they all have shut down mines or sawmills, with tons of dilapidated buildings left over from the 60s and 70s boom era. The only exception might be the Hydro towns along the Nelson River where they're still riding the wave of construction and development.


northern store
the shell err esso moved to the shell (run by some guy whos to lazy to replace light bulbs literaly theres a box of new ones and he wont change em windows buted and gas is 20c more then the crdlock gas behind the northern store that penner oil has setup

lynn lake taxi in the old esso
lynn inn / restraunt / bar and vendor
town hall
the red barn (restraunt space open in the summer ofr amaricans to stop in
some finacial planner office?
the hardware store is still going
the old ford dealer is now a auto mechanic shop
least one other buisnes im forgeting about


but yea downtown lynn lake will be nothing but empty lots pritty soon sept for a few buildings still in use...



king of obsolete is still up there doing his thing it seems


the west side of town the homes are generaly looked after


the east side is a mas of empty lots........


theres some sorta gold mine slowly working its way to becoming an active mine that pays for the airport to stay open see w happens

about the only industry up there these days is fishing and the mine remediation

was sad to see the town decline as far as it has

but going here is worth it

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Old Posted Jul 26, 2017, 7:06 PM
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Neat to see pics of a place we never see! How are the bugs up there?
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Enbridge Line 3 replacement construction has commenced. It is an $8.2B project mostly in SK and MB. Should give the economy a shot in the arm.

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while the churchill rail line falls apart the line to lynn lake is suppost to be seeing major work starting next week including it being extened back into town from the mcveigh stop
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^ I rode that train to Lynn Lake once, when it used to go all the way to the end of the line... beautiful scenery as I recall, but a bit of a crawl.

Why does the line end in McVeigh now?
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^ I rode that train to Lynn Lake once, when it used to go all the way to the end of the line... beautiful scenery as I recall, but a bit of a crawl.

Why does the line end in McVeigh now?
the town was wanting to charge a crazy amount for property tax and they riped the line out at the edge of the municipality of lynn lake
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Steinbach looks to be getting a 9 floor / 120 foot mix use building.
Nice project for the city.
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Steinbach looks to be getting a 9 floor / 120 foot mix use building.
Nice project for the city.
They are planning for it to have a top floor restaurant.
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^ That's fantastic news
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2017, 1:47 PM
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Steinbach looks to be getting a 9 floor / 120 foot mix use building.
Nice project for the city.
That's pretty impressive. Any idea as to where?

I'm not sure about their heights, but Brandon's tallest buildings have 11 storeys IIRC (Scotia Tower and CanadInns, possibly one of the BU residences). At the rate Steinbach is going with its projects, I wonder if it might soon get a project that exceeds that floor count?
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2017, 1:50 PM
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Found this "preliminary sketch" on SteinbachOnline.com ... looks like a pretty substantial building. Not the most urban site layout, but it's Steinbach, so whatever.


Source: https://steinbachonline.com/local/st...final-approval

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A proposed senior's high-rise complex at 333 Loewen Boulevard in Steinbach has received the green light from city council. The proposal is for a nine-storey building that would have both commercial and residential tenants. The plan features five stories of senior's housing, including 33 apartments, 56 supportive housing units and 56 personal care beds. It also includes health-related businesses and a restaurant. The matter was headed to a Municipal Board hearing after a neighbour issued a formal objection to the plan.
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That's pretty impressive. Any idea as to where?

I'm not sure about their heights, but Brandon's tallest buildings have 11 storeys IIRC (Scotia Tower and CanadInns, possibly one of the BU residences). At the rate Steinbach is going with its projects, I wonder if it might soon get a project that exceeds that floor count?
Exciting news for Steinbach

Even Winkler could get one that surpasses those of Brandon, it has two 9 storey apartment buildings and the recently completed Buhler Active Living Centre at 8 stories.
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Old Posted Aug 16, 2017, 1:58 PM
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Exciting news for Steinbach

Even Winkler could get one that surpasses those of Brandon, it has two 9 storey apartment buildings and the recently completed Buhler Active Living Centre at 8 stories.
I don't think I had even heard about the Buhler Active Living Centre before...



Looks like the race for second place in Manitoba's skyline standings is heating up... your move, Brandon!
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Winkler is ahead due to the way they have everything clustered around their central mall. The location of this new seniors centre in Steinbach will do nothing for density Would have been amazing if this were somewhere along their main street.
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Winkler is ahead due to the way they have everything clustered around their central mall. The location of this new seniors centre in Steinbach will do nothing for density Would have been amazing if this were somewhere along their main street.
It's very close to their hospital. I think it would be akin to the seniors high rise cluster around Grace Hospital in Winnipeg. Seniors like to live close to health care facilities.
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It's very close to their hospital. I think it would be akin to the seniors high rise cluster around Grace Hospital in Winnipeg. Seniors like to live close to health care facilities.
true. I'm sure urbanism isn't high on anyone's list in these types of towns.. otherwise they'd live in Win..kler?
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