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Welcome to the Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Heritage Wiki Site

This site is a collection of significant engineering and geoscience related projects built within Manitoba, and around the world, by our members over the past 100 years. It also contains a collection of notable Manitoba engineers and geoscientists which have made significant contributions to the profession over its history. In addition, there is an archive of material containing association historical records such as past publications and lists of members.

As a wiki sit, we encourage your comments, corrections and additions. Please feel free to add to this body of knowledge by contributing to this site with your own past projects. If you have any comments or questions please contact us at APEGM.heritageeng@gmail.com.

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Featured Articles APEGM History Would you be surprised to learn that there were few rules governing the practice of engineering in the early beginnings of the province of Manitoba? It is not like Winnipeg was still the wild-wild west; but, the fact is Winnipeg experienced a fantastic boom during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, as the city's population grew from 25,000 in 1891 to more than 179,000 in 1921. What comes with such population growth? All kinds of changes and development! This fast paced growth was fueled by many private and public undertakings that would set the economic foundation for the province for many years to come. The river transportation system was making way for the railway transportation system. (Full Article...) Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba The potential for hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba was identified by the governments of Canada and Manitoba early in the last century. In 1913, the Department of Mines (Canada) conducted a comprehensive geological survey of the drainage basins of the Churchill and Nelson rivers to determine the power potential of Manitoba's northern rivers. At the time, the key challenge for developing this power was a lack of available technology for transmitting energy over long distances. However, the report (McInnes 1913) formed the basis for further studies that ultimately led to the development of Manitoba's northern water power resources. A substantial amount of planning regarding potential ways to meet the Province’s future power needs was conducted by the province of Manitoba during the 1940s and 1950s. (Full Article...) James Avenue Pumping Station James Avenue Pumping Station: Interior Machinery 1980 Winnipeg’s first water system began in 1882 when a private company, Winnipeg Water Works Co., drew water from the Assiniboine River and distributed water by pipes to homes and businesses in the city core. The company’s intake and pumping facilities were on the north bank of the Assiniboine River at the Maryland Bridge. However, fire protection for the mainly wood buildings was inadequate, resulting in loss of life and property, and high insurance costs. In 1899, the City of Winnipeg purchased the system and began to use artesian wells rather than the foul river water. In 1904 a serious fire on Main Street threatened the entire business district and forced the City to pump Assiniboine River water into the mains. The contaminated water resulted in a typhoid epidemic with 1300 cases reported in the following days. (Full Article...) St. Andrew's Lock and Dam Completed in 1910, this engineering system is comprised of three elements; a dam, a lock, and a bridge. The design employed a Camere style dam and, at 240 metres long, it is the largest dam of this type ever built. It is also considered to be the only one still in existence in the world. It continues to operate to this day, regulating the water level of the Red River. It also allows river traffic to operate between Winnipeg and points downstream, while providing a link for road traffic across the river. (Full Article...)

In the News Officials Propose to Entomb Pinawa's Old Nuclear Reactor, The Winnipeg Free Press 2016 12 12 Artistic Rendering/Winnipeg Free Press The company charged with decommissioning the nuclear reactor at Whiteshell Laboratories near Pinawa wants to leave it in the ground and backfill it with concrete. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is proposing to entomb Whiteshell Reactor #1 (WR-1), rather than have it disassembled and removed from the 11,000-acre site near Pinawa in the Canadian Shield. It would become the first nuclear reactor in Canada to be disposed of by burial. The plan is to demolish surface buildings but leave the reactor in its five-storey-deep basement and seal it with concrete grout. (Read the full article...) Also see Whiteshell Laboratories for additional information. Life by the Rails, The Winnipeg Free Press 2016 09 08 Mike Deal/Winnipeg Free Press A quick history lesson: Macdonald was the prime minister in the early 1880s when the city’s founding fathers were loading up the war chest to convince both the federal government and Canadian Pacific Railway officials to run the main line of what would become the transcontinental railway through Winnipeg. That main line was supposed to be built through Selkirk, at the strict insistence of the railway’s engineers, because the Winnipeg area was under water about every generation or so from flooding of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. (Read the full article...) More News Articles...

A Page in History Forty Percent Increase in Membership The Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba is fast becoming one of quantity as well as quality, At the meeting of Council held on August 9th, 141 new members were admitted. At the time of publication of the last issue of The Manitoba Professional Engineer, there were 677 members. At the present time membership stands at 809. (Read the full article in the September 1956 edition of The Manitoba Professional Engineer.) Another Step Forward With the publication of this issue, the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba takes another great step forward...Assisted by N. S. Bubbis, P. Eng., the Association's Vice-President, who is liaison officer between Council and the Public Relations Committee, this Committee laid the groundwork for the publication of The Manitoba Professional Engineer and named G. T. Christie, P. Eng., as editor. (Read the full article in the 1st Edition of the The Manitoba Professional Engineer from July 1956.) The Case for a Fee Increase In the past few years, since the Association has opened an office, it has attempted to provide a service to its membership which would rank it with the leading Associations, in Canada. This was a tremendous task to undertake and the men who undertook this job are to be commended, particularly Professor Hoogstraoten, for his efforts. The work of the Association began to expand when the office was opened, and the membership has continued to request more and more service from council... It is for these expanded services that Council unanimously endorses a fee increase of $3.00 per member, to be effective January 1st, 1960. (Read the full article in the November 1959 edition of The Manitoba Professional Engineer.) More past publications at The Keystone Professional.

Random Articles Sandford Fleming R. Craig Sommerville Iron Ring Ceremony Historical Documents Engineers Before Regulation 1850-1920 Past Presidents 1986 - Edward (Ted) William John Clarke 1985 - Roger Alan Kane 1984 - Robert Ronald Foster 1983 - David (Dave) Edward Cross 1981 - Rudy Corny Isaak 1980 - Walter Saltzberg 1979 - Richard (Dick) Allan Johnson 1978 - Andrew (Andy) William Gilliland 1977 - Edward (Ted) Francis Glass 1976 - Charles (Charlie) Ralph Bouskill 1975 - Douglas R. Grimes 1974 - George Alois DePauw 1973 - Clyde Ross McBain 1972 - Stewart Barkwell 1971 - Russell Hood 1970 - John Douglas Adam 1969 - Lawrence William Blackman 1968 - Frank M. Fowler 1967 - R.C. Sommerville 1966 - R.T. Harland 1965 - S.J. Borgford 1964 - B. Chappell 1963 - Thomas Eugene Weber 1962 - R.E. Chant 1961 - C.S. Landon 1960 - William Leslie (Les) Wardrop 1959 - William Leslie (Les) Wardrop 1958 - Leonard (Len) Arthur Bateman 1957 - Nathan (Nat) S. Bubbis 1956 - Jacob (Jack) Hoogstraten 1955 - Jacob (Jack) Hoogstraten 1953 - J.L. Charles 1952 - C.L. Fisher 1951 - William Donald Hurst 1950 - William Donald Hurst 1949 - Thomas (Tom) E. Storey 1946 - J.W. Battershill 1942 - C.V. Antenbring 1939 - W. Youngman 1937 - Edwin Victor Caton 1934 - H.M. White 1933 - John William Sanger 1932 - John William Sanger

Engineering and Geosciences Wiki Articles

Hydroelectricity

History Of Electric Power In Manitoba Minnedosa River Hydropower Station Kanuchuan Power Development Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba Kelsey Generating Station Kettle Generating Station

HVDC Transmission System HVdc Transmission Nelson River HVDC Transmission Line Foundations BiPole III Churchill River Diversion Lake Winnipeg Regulation Jenpeg Generating Station

Long Spruce Generating Station Limestone Generating Station Keeyask Generating Station Wuskwatim Generating Station Pinawa Generating Station Laurie River Generating Stations

Notable People

APEGM Presidents Albert MacDonald Arthur Taunton Carson Templeton Charles Hovey Dennis Woodford Donald Brooking

Donald Stephens Douglas Allen Edwin Caton Glenn Swift John Charles John Sanger John Shewchuk

Judith Weiszmann Leonard Bateman Les Wardrop Lindsay Hovey Lloyd McGinnis Lotfollah Shafai Radhey Mathur

Robert Menzies Ronald Harrison Wallace McQuade Walter Salztberg William Kasperski

Association History

APEGM History APEGM Presidents The Keystone Professional

Transportation

Rothera Station Safe T Base Seaport of the Prairies

St. Andrew's Lock and Dam The Foundation of the Aviation Industry in Manitoba Winter Roads, Travel on Ice, Snow Drifting and Permafrost

Aeronautics

CASSIOPE The Foundation of the Aviation Industry in Manitoba

Waterworks

Seaport of the Prairies St. Andrew's Lock and Dam Flood Controls and Protection Red River Floodway

Other

2014 Heritage Field Trip Forks Walkway and Port Grosvenor House James Avenue Pumping Station

Manitoba Hydro Place Whiteshell Laboratories Winnipeg Water Supplies

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• 12:19, 5 May 2026 ‎Charles Attwood (hist | edit) ‎[5,065 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Charles Hartley Attwood PEng, Past President of EGM 1929 and 1930== Charles worked for the Winnipeg Branch Office of the Dominion Government doing survey work on water resources projects from 1919 to 1930. In 1930 he transferred to the Province of Manitoba Water Resources Branch. He was President of The Association of Professional Engineers of Manitoba (now EGM) in 1929 and 1930. Charles was born in Hamilton Ontario on September 17, 1883. ==Education== Charles obtai...")
• 09:59, 5 May 2026 ‎Richard Johnson (hist | edit) ‎[7,476 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==RICHARD ALLAN (DICK) JOHNSON PEng (1932-2023), Past President of EGM== Dick Johnson dedicated his entire long and distinguished 54-year career at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Engineering and central administration. He retired as Vice-Provost in 1997 and was also a past president of APEM (now EGM). Dick was born in Winnipeg 1932. File:1979 R.O. Johnson.jpg ==Education== Dick grew up in Winnipeg and attended Laura Secord School and Gordon Bell H...")
• 09:04, 5 May 2026 ‎Richard Jones (hist | edit) ‎[2,796 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Richard Mervyn Jones PEng, (SM) FEC Richard joined the Heritage Committee on its formation in 2007. He has always been interested in how engineering has helped society develop and flourish in ways that are not immediately obvious to its citizens. He is a retired aeronautical engineer who was born in England at the end of World War Two. He was educated in Wales until in 1962 he was accepted as a cadet into the Royal Air Force College. For 4 and 2/3 years, he studied Aer...")

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