Red River Rising: Manitoba Flood of 1950

Frank Walker, a Winnipeg newspaper man, writes of the three most critical days of the city's 1950 flood, before the Army took command.

As images of Manitoba’s flooding fill television screens, newspapers, and websites across the country, an entire generation of Manitobans think back to the spring of 1950. That year, the province witnessed one of the worst floods in its history, which almost resulted in the evacuation of the entire city of Winnipeg. This article, taken from a 1950 issue of The Beaver, describes the disaster and the thousands of resilient people who worked tirelessly to save their home, land and lives.

Click here to read about another Manitoba flood, the record-setting 1826 flood.

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