Thompson Manitoba in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s. My home town.

by Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

Thompson Manitoba. This is the town that my dad and mom got married in and worked in and raised their family in and finally retired in the 1986. It is the town that I lived in until I was 18 years old. It is my home town. I moved out in 1982 to go to college, coming home to only work for the summers. It was also the town that my Uncle Ed Sawicki, and his wife Emily worked and raised their family.

soab headframe winter mid 60s Pisew falls winter 1967 Lamb air float base in the 1970s 391 in christmas 1967 T1 road in the winter 1967 nickle days parade bagpipes 1960s highland towers construction 1970s nickle days parade 1960s color hospital in winter 1971 Highland towers winter 1971 Thompson arial view color 1960s pisew falls winter 1960s Inco arial view color 1960s Paint lake beach 1960s houses in a cold winter 1968 burntwood hotel winter 1968 united church in winter 1968 city center mall under construction 1971 pinball games in basement of the strand 1960s burtwood river people playing 1960s ospawagan lake arial view 1977 parade batons 1966 plaza parking lot winter 1961 plaza winter 1961 silver cres winter 1961 mid lake pisew falls below the falls in 1967 airport-dignitary arriving 1961 lunch bar in safeway in burntwood plaza thompson inn 1961 bowling alley italian resturant in basement 60s plaza in 1960s in winter station road on winter professional building sawmill Joe Kutchers on Nelson bulldozer in mud 1950s model of the propossed town 1960s minus 50 degrees in Thompson paintlake before the marina 1950s town site before construction 1950s saob hoist construction 1957 birchtree contruction 1957 boating trip in thompson T1 view from gravel pit 1965 fire at lake drink cooler 1965 fire at the lake 1960s burntwood river boat launch 1965 sea plane in fog 1965 motorcycles mystery lake rd 1965 T1 mine road ll 1965 T1 mine road 1965 mansaan falls early 1960s paint lake beach distant 1969 airport buildings 1960s airport lamb air planes 2 airport lamb air plane 1960s airport planes 1961 Lamb air float base in the 1970s 391 in christmas 1967 T1 road in the winter 1967 nickle days parade bagpipes 1960s highland towers construction 1970s nickle days parade 1960s color hospital in winter 1971 Copy of Highland towers winter 1971 Copy of Thompson arial view color 1960s Copy of pisew falls winter 1960s Copy of Inco arial view color 1960s Paint lake beach 1960s burntwood river boat launch 1966 trailer park closer up xmas 1967 trailer park christmas 1967 Christmas with equipment 1967 the bay pathway 1960s airport construction fishing boat classic pic santa by the bay ll 1950s santa by the bay 1950s sliding by professional buidling 1950s thompson arial view 1963 last spike 1957 foundation camp view ll 1957 foundation camp 1957 thompson inn and bay 1959 smelter construction 1959 duplex construction 1959 minesite construction 1957 house parties girl smoking 1960 house parties guy playing pool 1960 house parties girls smiling 1960 house parties playing pool 1960 boating trip in thompson T1 view from gravel pit 1965 fire at the lake 1960s burntwood river boat launch 1965 sea plane in fog 1965 motorcycles mystery lake rd 1965 T1 mine road ll 1965 T1 mine road 1965 mansaan falls early 1960s paint lake beach distant 1969 airport buildings 1960s airport lamb air planes 2 airport lamb air plane 1960s airport planes 1961 airport lobby 1961 airport 1961 the bay isles 1961 plaza building foundation midwest diamond drilling 1961 MDD 1961 cimcony building apts paint lake docks new view 1969 paint lake marina parking 1969 paint lake docks 1969 paint lake dock 1969 paint lake beach 1969 color burntwood river before lamb air burntwood river life saver 1950s baily bridge one lane playing in the streets 1960 the bay new Strand building new Juniper school field 1960s juniper rink in about to be built highland tower-the origional pool player 1960s parade by thompson inn 1970 parade queens 1961 cool inco guy with car side view 1965 cool inco guy with car 1965 post office opening facing the bay 1965 post office grand opening ll 1965 post office grand opening 1965 santas good outside bay 1950s winter carnival nail driving 1973 winter carnival dog sled racing 73 winter carnival dog sledding 1973 winter carnival log cutting 1973 winter carnival flour packing 1973 rat skinning winter carnival 1973 hallway high school 1962 burntwood river dock 1960s plane hauling fish to own 1960s fish for hatching off plane propane tanks in backyard 1960s Juniper spring 1960s woolworth lunch counter 1960s Building a fort with spruce trees 1964 house parties slick looking guy 1960 house parties drinking coffee 1960 house parites guy talking to girl basement 60 house parties girl in basement 1960 House parties furnace room 1960s house parties basement 1960 house parties dancing 1960 hockey rink at the minesite 60 curling men and women 60s curling shooting the rock 60s curling in the 60s plaza in winter 61 plaza in snow 61 parade fish float 1966 parade rotary car 1966 parade baton throwers 1966 parade 1966 truck singers parade car 1966 Burntwood river 1976 before diversion ll pisew falls 1995 ospawagan beach 1961 liz lake 1972 sunset taylor falls another view 1969 taylor falls 1969 3rd falls from pipe lake pump hse 1969 Government air 1967 baily bridge sitting under it 1967 strand buidling pinball 1966 Pool hall under strand 1960s mystery lake cabin 1966 hockey team mens 1960s parade thompson Inn 1960s Hockey team 1960s Christmas parade 1960 liquor store original 1960s Luthern church mud field 1960s baily bridge black and white 1960s studabaker 1959 hospital expansion 1966 zoo the start of it plane with fish winter carnival snow shoe race 73 Goldeye apartments westwood mall 67 single mens cabins on station road 68 single mens cabins on purdue townhouses on coral 1969 a and N grocery on beaver 69 paint lake beach and island paintlake campground site Paint lake camp ground 20 birch 1960-61 southwood in 1967 southwood under construction 1967 Pink apartments 1968 library 1968 winter carnival dog sledding 1973 winter carnival log cutting 1973 winter carnival flour packing 1973 rat skinning winter carnival 1973 hallway high school 1962 burntwood river dock 1960s plane hauling fish to own 1960s fish for hatching off plane propane tanks in backyard 1960s Juniper spring 1960s Building a fort with spruce trees 1964 typical house in 1960 advertising thompson citizen 1962 advertising bata shoes 1962 advertising esso advertising 1962 advertising lockers insurance 1962 advertising cesm tv 1962 advertising monarch lumber 1962 advertising plumbing 1962 advertising hydro 1962 Burntwood electic advertising 1962 TD bank 1962 advertising beaver lumber advertising 1962 strand theater advertising 1962 modern dairies advertising 1962 castle construction advertizing 1962 shop easy advertizing 1962 advertizing 1962 high school advertizing 1962 the bay yearbook advertizing 62 61-62 year book diane bindle high school 62 b & W plaza brochure 61 New bridge construction 1971 polaris single mens apts 1971 duke place 1971 carlton place 1971 stanford bay 1970 highland twrs finished 1971 highland twrs closer construction 1970 highland towers cinstruction 1970 juniper duplexes 1969 mall fountain 70s hospital 70s thompson drive 70s Juniper school early 70s plaza early 70s old car in foregroung parking lot at plaza 70s brad theater early 70s arial view mid 70s spring thaw mid 70s highschool assembly 1960 ski hill 1974 manasan falls 1960 queensbay 1960s recent paintings on rocks before wolves Manasan falls 1972 polaris buildings 1968 bridge black and white 1960s mens trailer camp before queensbay 1968 trailer park ospawagan 69 hospital sillouette 1969 hospital arial 1969 hosital expansion 1969 hospital 1969 pipe lake dredge 1969 open pit dredge 1969 pipelake trailer park 1968 inco in distance trailer park 68 thompson drive trailer park 1968 winter birchtree installing fans 1969 station road east 1969 winter station road 1969 in winter soab south underconstruciton 1967 soab north completed in winter 1967 Saob headframe construction 1967 birtchtree 1966 Birctree headframe 1967 soab completed 1967 ski hill 1972 okimow 1973 t1 thompsom lake original airport 1966 juniper rink hockey 1960s house party dance 1960s tent camp at moak lake bridge construction arena opening 1965 catholic church foundation 1966 Meridian hotel 1966 airport terminal compete 1967 airport terminal 1966 the bay 1968 winter the bay 1966 plaza left towards woolies 1960s plaza opening color 1960s rotary parade 1962 color outside plaza color 1966 Juniper rink early 1960s inside the plaza 1968 gavel pit 1962 before ski hill burtwood plaze early 70s airport under constructin river fog 1966 snow drift near cc mall early 70s plaza on outside early 70s plaza near ziggies early 70s the bay early 70s canadian tire parking lot early 70s luthern church early 70s camera center 70s hobby shop 1970s proffesional building 1970s woolworth store 70s safeway 70s train station arial view of Thompson from T1 train at train station in Thompson temperature graph of Thompson nothern light and plane birchtree mine thompson T1 inco mine
temperature dial in thompson winter panarama photo of thompson Thompson in the sixties-hemlock guitar playing in classroom 64-65 64-65 lunchtime guitar playing moak lake houe 1950s Moak lake tents 1950s moak firehall late 50s first train to thompson on bridge 1959 train arrived in 1959 plant area being cleared 1957 bay store 1959 baily bridge construction original baily bridge T2 mine old t1 headframe mill under construction 1950s new stack base refinery 1959 t1 1950s smelter under costruction 1950s thompson before construction 1950s original map 1950s bunks before houses 1950s from t1 to town 1959 original hospital 1959 construction 1960 path to juniper from school 1959-60 arial shot 1961 juniper another arial shot 1960s good arial shot of city 1960 arial view of thompson 1961 Juniper school 196 arial view Riverside 1961 arial view airport building crossing the birdge 1961 new back yards behind juniper and elm 1959 debris near new area 1959 Hemlock in 1959 back yard 1966 hemlock in 1966 Juniper 1960s Juniper 1960 lawns unfinished Elm street 1959 Elm street 1966 baily bridge park Old bridge over the river government building fall trees and pond n manitoba thompson sign 361 city hall distant highschool front my highschool post office ski hill on the summer ski hill slope pic ski hill again dawn beach at paint lake paint lake beach paint lake marina -another image princeton towers panaramic view highrise apartments working in inco 1958 black and white sign of enterance to town subset in thompson trees bowling alley nickle days in the 1960s arial shot in winter great arial shot of t1 and town Pisew falls in the summer birchtree mine arial shot Arial photo of Thompson a sad road sign early pic of neighborhoods snow in thompson First families in thompson 1958 Entering thompson from highway six The highrise lake hoizon train station Thompson logo arial view of Thompson from T1 train at train station in Thompson temperature graph of Thompson town houses by our home nothern light and plane blue map showing Thompson birchtree mine thompson T1 inco mine temperature dial in thompson winter panarama photo of thompson Thompson in the sixties-hemlock Juniper elemetary school rainbow at the entrance to the town. bridge walkway b and w City of thompson emblem King miner statue in the winter Thompson city hall Paint lake purple sky fall sunset in Thompson Parade in Thompson 1970 Parade in Thompson 1967 Lori heis at paint lake 1967 golf course wolf in zoo the zoo duck pond in the zoo inside the library being pulled by the tow line The tow line at the skii hill The ski hill from the top a run on the ski hill ti black and white the bridge snow on the street island at paint lake city hall road to gillam northern lights t1 at night in winter snow on street rapids playing in the snow Popeyes in the 70s nice river scene nice lake scene the road to t1 1962 the plaza 1962 hospital 1962 The bay 1960s strand buiding uptown 1962 T 1 and town Thompson Inn early 60s colored panarama of thompson falls in the summer t1 mine Welcome sign 2 Welcome sign to town rock at paint lake T3 mine Winter river scene Sasau rapids summer Thompson poster Highway six sasagu rapids panoramic view of Thompson Winter survivcal pic cold day in Thompson King miner statue falls in winter Pisew Falls in the winter