Area information
- The city started as a major junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Assininiboine River. It was incorporated in 1882.
- Brandon is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province approximately 214 km west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and 120 km east of the Saskatchewan border
- An Internment camp was set up at the Exhibition Building in Brandon from September 1914 to July 1916.
Post World War II, Brandon experience a minor disaster when an explosion at the Manitoba Power Commission's steam plant caused the 40 metre (130 ft) brick chimney to collapse, killing two workers in the process. Wikipedia |
