Burntwood Hotel, A Thompson Icon Since the 60’s.

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Burntwood Hotel, A Thompson Icon Since the 60’s.

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, September 13th, 2021 | No Comments

Link to the 2nd and 3rd generation Thompson page The Burntwood Hotel in the 1970’s and 1980’s. This post is for positive thoughts about a hotel that helped form Thompson history. This hotel has been part of Thompson since the beginning. I have one picture if a 1970 Nickel Days parade with the Burntwood in […]

Bailey Bridge

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, August 26th, 2021 | No Comments

Link to Thompson Manitoba Memories main page Bailey Bridge. This pedestrian bridge in the City of Thompson is a small portion of a much larger structure that spanned the Burntwood River from 1957 to 1970. Named the Bailey Bridge after Sir Donald Bailey (1901-1985), a British War Office designer who invented a portable bridge that […]

Second and Third Generation Thompsonites

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, August 26th, 2021 | No Comments

Posts from the the Second and Third Generation Thompsonites Facebook Group. Many of us have fond memories of growing up and living in Thompson during the 1970s and 1980’s. We played outside until midnight. We drove to the airport road. We enjoyed the lakes, rivers and forests. We had grad parties at the lake. We […]

T-1 Mine in Thompson Manitoba 1950’s 60’s and 70s

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, February 18th, 2013 | No Comments

The following is the main mine site in Thompson Manitoba. It was owned by INCO Metals. The company actually built the town. It is where my dad worked most of his working years. It is where my uncle Ed worked for a few years before transferring to Pipe mine. My dad’s brother, Harvey and his brother in […]

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