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unusual facts about Elmwood—Transcona



Cass City, Michigan

Cass City is surrounded by several communities including Colwood, Deford, Elmwood and Ellington.

Charlie Birt

Along with former Mayor Bill Norrie, he has recently been involved in a project to restore the Elmwood Cemetery.

Chiura Obata

In 1950, he and his wife moved out of the attic apartment of a friend, purchasing a house in the Elmwood district in Berkeley, where they had lived before the war.

Cycling in Syracuse, New York

The bicycle paths branched out from the city to the old Onondaga Lake Boulevard, to Cicero and South Bay, along the old Plank Road, the first in the United States to Onondaga Valley and Elmwood.

Elmwood Park Zoo

In the Newbery Medal-winning fiction book Maniac Magee, the titular character lives briefly in the buffalo pen of the Elmwood Park Zoo.

Elmwood Park, Illinois

Peter N. Silvestri, Cook County politician and Elmwood Park Village President

G106

WCFS-FM, an AC-formatted radio station licensed to Elmwood Park, Illinois

Harry Wild Jones

Jones died in Minneapolis, on September 25, 1935, at Elmwood, his home in Washburn Park (a neighborhood often referred to as Tangletown).

History of Franz Josef Land

At Elmwood he gathered most of the supplies and continued eastwards, circumnavigating Wilczek Island and Salm Island before establishing a base at Cape Tegetthof at the south of Hall Island.

James M. Garnett

Garnett died at his estate called "Elmwood" near Loretto, Virginia on April 23, 1843, and was interned in the family cemetery on the estate.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

In East Jefferson, the Causeway Boulevard corridor grew into a commercial office node, while the Elmwood neighborhood developed as a center for light manufacturing and distribution.

Jim Maloway

He was then elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Winnipeg division of Elmwood—Transcona in the 2008 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party, but was defeated by Conservative candidate Lawrence Toet in the 2011 federal election.

Louisiana Highway 3152

LA 3152 begins at an interchange with U.S. 90 and LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) at the east bank base of the Huey P. Long Bridge in Elmwood.

Manitoba Day Award

Past winners include Manitoba playwright Carolyn Gray, whose play the Elmwood Visitation employed the archival records of Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and local historian Russ Gourluck, who employed photographs from the now defunct Winnipeg Tribune for the Encyclopedia of Manitoba.

Meadowlark Park, Edmonton

Surrounding neigbhborhoods are Lynnwood and Elmwood to the south, Sherwood and Jasper Park to the east, West Jasper Place to the northeast, Glenwood to the north and northwest, and West Meadowlark Park to the west.

Murdoch MacKay Collegiate

The school was named after Murdoch Mackay, a prominent physician, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, member of the provincial legislature and long-time Transcona resident.

Night Lines

Some consistent callers included Vicki from Surrey (who later moved and became Vicki from Vancouver), Gilbert from Transcona (who used a mock-Gilbert Gottfried voice on the answering machine), Norm from Richmond, Rocky from Thunder Bay, Milton the Cabbie, Joanna from Hamilton, Sonya from Port Lambton, Ontario, Sean from Brandon, Manitoba, and Lori from Southfield, Michigan (USA).

Packanack Lake, New Jersey

Donna Kane, (theater actress) resided on the east side of Packanack Lake on Elmwood Terrace.

Reg Wyatt

His son Russ Wyatt is a current member of city council, having represented the Transcona ward since 2002.

Rick Boychuk

The number of municipal wards was reduced for the 1992 election, and Boychuk was required to run for re-election against fellow councillor Shirley Timm-Rudolph in an enlarged Transcona division.

Transcona, Winnipeg

The neighbourhood has produced several minor celebrities, including sports commentator Rod Black, former MuchMusic on-air personality Bradford How, athletes Terry Fox and Olympic speed skater Susan Auch.

WCFS

WCFS-FM, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Elmwood Park, Illinois, United States


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