Please join historian, radio host, and Order of Manitoba inductee Gordon Goldsborough for a discussion of his latest book, On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba: Taking the Scenic Route Through Historic Places (Great Plains Press), followed by a book signing. 

In this latest edition of the popular Abandoned Manitoba series, scientist-historian Gordon Goldsborough sets out on Manitoba’s back roads in search of adventure and little-known stories from Manitoba’s past. He visits remote hydroelectric stations, a Cold War era underground radiation monitoring post, retraces the original route of the Trans-Canada Highway and more!

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About the Author:


Gordon Goldsborough is an active member of the Manitoba Historical Society. He has written four books on Manitoba history including the national bestsellers Abandoned Manitoba (2016) and More Abandoned Manitoba (2019) which received the 2019 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.  He has a weekly series on Manitoba history on CBC Radio 1, a weekly column on Manitoba history in the Manitoba Cooperator newspaper, and is secretary to the Board for the Manitoba Agricultural Museum.  Goldsborough was inducted into the Order of Manitoba in 2021 for his historical and scientific work.