The 1950 flood devastated the campus,much of Winnipeg, and
southern Manitoba. For 29 days (May 5 to June 8) water covered 1100
acres of university property, leaving only a 1/4 acre visible. UofM
archives indicate that the water level reached 22 inches (0.56m)
deep on the road in front of the current administration building –
roughly 233.6 m above sea level.
Teir Building is in the background (UofM archives).
A city submerged: Winnipeg and the flood of 1950". The CBC Digital
Archives Website. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Manitoba Flood, Spring
1950
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This cache was created to add to the number of
QUALITY caches hidden in Manitoba. It is an official cache in the
MBGA Cache Splash event. |
| Category 6: 'Splash' themed
cache. |
This cache was hidden by a group of new cachers taking a
geocaching workshop. Splash theme was picked because of the flood
assocaition
NOTE: The University of Manitoba keeps an
apiary(honey bees)next to this site. If you have concerns about
honey bees then you might want to avoid this cache.