10 abandoned sites in Manitoba

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Scattered across Manitoba's prairie expanse are hundreds of abandoned sites holding stories of a bygone era.

Since 2007, Gordon Goldsborough has been exploring these sites and trying to uncover the heritage behind them.

"I'm always fascinated when I find some remnant of the past, and I want to know its story," he told CTV News.

"These are buildings that had a history, that had people in them that loved them. Here they are now, perhaps standing abandoned, and I want to know what led them to become this way."

Goldsborough is the head researcher at the Manitoba Historical Society and author of the three-book Abandoned Manitoba series. He has visited and documented thousands of abandoned sites in the province, and has created an interactive map so others can visit them too.

"There's lots of things out there waiting to be found," he said.

Here are 10 of Goldsborough's top abandoned sites in Manitoba.

10: Wingham Consolidated School

9: Valleyview Building

8: Port Nelson

7: Pineland Forest Nursery

6: Ninette Sanatorium

5: Negrych Homestead

4: Manitoba Refinery Building

3: Leary Brickworks

2: Harrison Flour Mill

1: Birtle Residential School