Author: Dale Barbour
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887554342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba’s bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's “Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ‘60s.
Winnipeg Beach
Author: Dale Barbour
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887554342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba’s bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's “Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ‘60s.
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887554342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba’s bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's “Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ‘60s.
Winnipeg Beach
Author: Dale Barbour
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 9780887557224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's ?Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ?60s.
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 9780887557224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba's bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's ?Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ?60s.
Report
Author: Canada. Dominion Water and Power Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Canadian Railway and Marine World
Author:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Resources Hydrauliques, Bulletin
Author: Canada. Water Resources Division
Publisher:
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Annual Report ...
Author: Canada. Department of the Interior
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Water Resources Paper
Author:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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Publisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Canada. Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service
Publisher:
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Category : Water-power
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Water-power
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Memories of the Moonlight Special and Grand Beach Train Era
Author: Barbara Lange
Publisher: Borealis Press
ISBN: 088887703X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
People remembered the boardwalk, concessions, the Moonlight Inn, picnics, the carousel, the dancing pavilion, Daddy Trains, beach romances, Hot Lips ginger beer, bands, Morse code, ice boxes, honey pot toilets, red boards, the wye, fishflies, bittersweet vine, the Snowshoe Special, and a bygone era when passengers felt part of one big family.From the deep, dank bowels of a century-old railway station, a roll of unused tickets surfaced for Canadian National Railway´s Victoria Beach Subdivision line. Sixty years after train service to the east shores of Lake Winnipeg ceased, a writer embarked on a journey of discovery. Creepy crawls through cemeteries, walks on wooden trestles, and strolls through Manitoba´s cottage country revealed a transplanted station, a time capsule, and the design plans for the beloved Grand Beach carouse
Publisher: Borealis Press
ISBN: 088887703X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
People remembered the boardwalk, concessions, the Moonlight Inn, picnics, the carousel, the dancing pavilion, Daddy Trains, beach romances, Hot Lips ginger beer, bands, Morse code, ice boxes, honey pot toilets, red boards, the wye, fishflies, bittersweet vine, the Snowshoe Special, and a bygone era when passengers felt part of one big family.From the deep, dank bowels of a century-old railway station, a roll of unused tickets surfaced for Canadian National Railway´s Victoria Beach Subdivision line. Sixty years after train service to the east shores of Lake Winnipeg ceased, a writer embarked on a journey of discovery. Creepy crawls through cemeteries, walks on wooden trestles, and strolls through Manitoba´s cottage country revealed a transplanted station, a time capsule, and the design plans for the beloved Grand Beach carouse
Annual Report
Author: Entomological Society of Ontario
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insect pests
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insect pests
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description