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QUIRKS
&
ODDITIES
Six prominent
Winnipeggers were
lost on the sinking
of the Titanic in
1912, including
realtor Mark Fortune
and son Charles
Fortune, Thompson
Beattie, Hugo Ross,
JJ Borebank, and
George Graham.
It is said that
The Fort Garry Hotel
is haunted by a ghostly
woman in a ball gown,
a phantom diner and
a mysterious ghost
light that traverses
the hallways of this
grand hotel.
Opened in 1928, Winnipeg James
Armstrong Richardson International
Airport, then called Stephenson
Field, was the first international
airport in Canada. In 2011, the airport
opened Canada's first LEED-certified
terminal, and it was named one of
the world's iconic airports by Travel
Channel. *
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Photo
Courtesy
The
Fort
Garry
Hotel,
Spa
and
Conference
Centre
Photo
Courtesy
Gerry
Kopelow
Spooky!
Spooky!
Photo
Courtesy
Wikipedia