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40 THE BRANDON SUN • ROYAL MANITOBA WINTER FAIR • MARCH 25-30, 2019

Queen Elizabeth II speaks with an unknown youth during a visit to Brandon, and the Provincial Exhibition on July 12, 1970. (Dirk Aberson/The Brandon Sun)
Putting ‘Royal’ in

the Winter Fair

The Royal Manitoba Winter built to serve the agriculture of
Fair had its birth in the mind of the midwestern United States.
a man who served his commu- And he was successful. The
nity and the British crown more first Manitoba Winter Fair was
than a century ago. held in Brandon in 1906 and
The late Hon. J. D. Mc- almost immediately the Wheat Round Up the Folks & Head On Over!
Gregor, lieutenant-governor of City became even more the
Manitoba, breeder of purebred centre of agriculture and agri- We’d Love to Show
cattle and horses and untiring cultural excellence for not only You Around!
supporter of Brandon, western Manitoba but also extended
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