Ospwagan Lake

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Ospwagan Lake

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, January 28th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd Generation page Ospwagan Lake: Apparently there was Upper and Lower Ospwagan. I think there was some mineral exploration there by INCO back in the day. This lake was an underutilized treasure, in the early 80’s. It was close to town, under ten miles. In the 1960s and 1970s there was a Wolf […]

Devil’s Lake Wayside Park

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd Generation Page Devil’s Lake Wayside Park. There was some recent chatter on the site about Devil’s Lake. Our family would stop there regularly back and forth the Thompson to have picnic and rest. There was an old forest fire observation tower there once and the remnants of the tower, a buried bunker, […]

The Pink Apartments

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd Generation page The Pink Apartments. I never did know much about the Pink Apartments when I was living in Thompson. I never walked around them much at all. I knew only one family who lived there. When I was born in 1964, my family lived in an apartment for one year before […]

Miles Hart Bridge – spanning the Burntwood River in Thompson

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, January 17th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd generation page Miles Hart Bridge: Did you know that the name of the “new” bridge is the Miles Hart Bridge? Miles is a local indigenous trapper. I am proud of our bridge. It is a feat of engineering. It is very strong to bear up to the strong current of the Burntwood […]

1970 Brochure about Thompson

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, January 17th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd generation page Thompson Facts Brochure: My dad kept this 18-page pamphlet about Thompson, called, “Thompson Facts”. It was probably published in the late 60’s or early 70’s, judging by some of the cars in the photos. It really outlines the town well. It is a town to be proud of. There are […]

Mama Roza Pizza

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, January 14th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd generation page Yet another delicious pizza place that had a hand in making Thompson great.

Santa Lucia Pizza in Thompson

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, January 14th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd generation page This is another delicious pizza restaurant that was part of Thompson history. They have restaurants in other parts of Manitoba.

Santa Maria Pizza

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, January 14th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd Generation page This is a delicious pizza. It is very popular in Thompson. I remember it as a very thick, juicy pizza. It was very filling and delicious. It is very much part of Thompson history. There is an offshoot of Santa Maria. It is Thompson Style Pizza in Winnipeg.

Gondola Pizza in Thompson

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, January 14th, 2022 | No Comments

2nd and 3rd generation page I loved this place. In 1979 to 1982. It was a place where we went out to a nice place to eat without our parents. My sister used to work there. The pizza was delicious, especially the thin crust pizza. I think they boiled frozen, premade dishes. I didn’t mind. […]

History of Cornwall Township

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, January 10th, 2022 | No Comments

Jesmer family History Louis Jasmin Dahaut page The Jesmer family moved for Montreal, eastward towards Cornwall Township. They were competing for farmland with British Loyalist Refugees from the American Revolutionary War and from Scottish settlers. They also had to endure various skirmishes during the war of ` 1812. They were French speaking and Catholic. Most […]

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Archive for January, 2022

Ospwagan Lake

Devil’s Lake Wayside Park

The Pink Apartments

Miles Hart Bridge – spanning the Burntwood River in Thompson

1970 Brochure about Thompson

Mama Roza Pizza

Santa Lucia Pizza in Thompson

Santa Maria Pizza

Gondola Pizza in Thompson

History of Cornwall Township

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