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There was an earlier thread about finding old tiles near Dinsdale Park, on the north end of the First Street Bridge. There used to be a number of homes there. My grandparents, the Nackoneys, lived there, and some neighbours. My grandmother''s first husband, John Kowal, was accidentally asphyxiated at the CPR in 1917, just after the big train crash, and my grandmother received a settlement and a fair bit of land there. She then remarried and had my mother''s family. They had a lot of gardens. I wonder if anyone familiar with the area the way it was then (from 1920s to about 1960) could tell us more. Pictures would be wonderful if you could contact me.  
 
Edited by Dreamsicle, 2016-10-17 08:47:07

Here is a link to my blog post about some of my husband's family who had a market garden in what's been described as "The Flats". It may have been closer to 18th though.  
http://ssimms642.blogspot.ca/2015/03/abigail-louisa-boulton-roe-1878-1963.html

Just west of the 1st St bridge on the North side was filled with broken battery cases & perhaps old car bodies along the river with an area close to one acre(?).  
This property had been owned by Dave Weiss(Brandon Scrap & Hide) & later came into ownership by the City of Brandon.