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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 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 list 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.

There are currently 68 articles contained within this wiki site.

Featured Article {{Wikipedia: Featured Article/September 16, 2026}} 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...)

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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

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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 The Manitoba Professional Engineer

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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• 00:37, 20 August 2026 ‎Winnipeg Street Car Electrification (hist | edit) ‎[1,600 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Winnipeg Street Car History== The volunteers who worked on the restoration of one of the last remaining street cars from Winnipeg's original street car network created a website called Winnipegstreetcar.com. The website is a good reference for those interested in learning more about the history of the network and the preservation work on Street Car No. 356. The website hosts a retrospective film which describes Winnipeg's streetcar development and ultimate demise....")

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