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Downtown Gimli 1940
1940
Gimli, Manitoba Centre Street 1940's

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By the 1940s many changes had occurred in the community. Cars became the dominant form of local transportation, all businesses and almost all homes had electricity and the Commonwealth Air Training Program airbase boosted the population and economy.

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Gimli Harbour circa 1940
1940
Gimli, Manitoba

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A feature article appeared in The Toronto Star in 1958 highlighting the prosperity of Gimli.
1958

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The article featured here (and in the next three pages) is a story of the growth of the community from the beginnings to the 1950s as seen by some residents and the Toronto Star weekly in 1958.

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Toronto Star Weekly article on Gimli (2)
1958

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Toronto Star Weekly article on Gimli
1958

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Toronto Star feature done on Gimli in 1958.
1958
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Summer recreation at Gimli in the Fifties
1950

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Although the use of the lake as a vacation destination had developed soon after the railroad had arrived in the community, The town started advertising themselves as a vacation and day trip destination from Winnipeg as the roads improved in the 1950s.

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The waterworks controversy in Gimli
1957
Gimli, Manitoba

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A momentous occassion for the town of Gimli, although not without controversy, was the installation of waterworks and sewer in 1957.

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Cartoon depicting the pros and cons of installing waterworks in Gimli in 1957.
1957
Gimli, Manitoba

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Aerial view of Gimli, looking west.
1965
Gimli, Manitoba