Great land boom — mammoth canvas-covered wagons went up and down Main Street advertising real estate for sale
“It was wonderful how excited newcomers became within a week after their arrival,” wrote Charles Napier Bell ...
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Great land boom — auctioneers used their imagination to create “paper towns” across the province
Speculation wasn't limited to Winnipeg lots during the great land boom of 1881-82. In bold-type advertisements, James “Jim” Collican proclaimed: “Cartwright Leads Them All.”
Great land boom — warning about the “vile lust for gold”
During the great land boom of 1881-82 in Winnipeg, there were unethical rascals, who made a career of duping the unsuspecting by way of fraudulent real estate transactions.
Great land boom — speculators flooded into Winnipeg hoping to make a quick buck by flipping properties
From June 1881 to mid-April 1882, Winnipeg was in the midst of one of the greatest land booms in North American history.
Deer Lodge Hotel — rebuilt inn along Portage Avenue was officially opened by the premier on October 29, 1907
Roderick John Mackenzie, a Canadian Northern Railway (CNR) contractor, was an Ontarian who first came to Winnipeg in 1885 and settled there permanently in 1895.
Deer Lodge Hotel — Ross created a roadside inn as a family-friendly retreat just outside the city
“The grounds embrace a number of acres of excellent land, with woods and glades unsurpassed in the most picturesque manner,” according to a May 25, 1882, Manitoba Free Press article.
Deer Lodge Hotel — James and Margaret McKay built the house that was later converted into a roadside inn
Was Homer “Chad” A. Chadwick the proprietor who turned Deer Lodge into a roadside inn along Portage Avenue?
Chad’s Bear — stuffed and mounted with a pop bottle in his paws
It was asserted in a satirical May 1, 1907, Winnipeg Tribune article that the death of Chad's Bear would be felt in political circles ...
Chad’s Bear — featured in newspaper front-page cartoon series
A figure commonly featured by George Shields in his Winnipeg Tribune series of Chad's Bear cartoons that ran in 1906 was Colin H. Campbell, who was the attorney-general in the Premier Rodmond Roblin provincial government.
Chad’s Bear — pop-guzzling animal at Deer Lodge Hotel was a crowd pleaser for young and old alike
Among those witnessing the fire that destroyed the Deer Lodge on February 10, 1907, was Chad's Bear, which at the time was noted as the most famous attraction at the roadhouse founded in 1882.