A blizzard that walloped Winnipeg 60 years ago with nearly 12-feet of snow seemingly brought the city to a standstill.
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1966 Winnipeg blizzard Winnipeg police officers brave the remnants of the March 4, 1966 blizzard in buffalo coats snowshoes. (The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Winnipeg Tribune fonds, PC 18)
1966 Blizzard Winnipeggers pose on a heaping snowbank that nearly reaches the roof of a home on March 4, 1966. (Candice Masters)
1966 Blizzard Manitobans dig their way out after one of the biggest snowstorms in history hits the province on March 4, 1966. Photo by Lorraine Turenne.
1966 Blizzard Manitobans dig their way out after one of the biggest snowstorms in history hits the province on March 4, 1966. (Gary Robson)
1966 Blizzard Manitobans dig their way out after one of the biggest snowstorms in history hits the province on March 4, 1966. Photo by Rob.
1966 Blizzard Manitobans dig their way out after one of the biggest snowstorms in history hits the province on March 4, 1966. Photo by Connie Manchulenko.
Winnipeg 1966 blizzard Marion Street-bound buses are stranded in Winnipeg’s Windsor Park area after the March 4, 1966 blizzard. (City of Winnipeg Archives)
1966 Winnipeg blizzard Heaps of snow strand vehicles and buses near Polo Park in Winnipeg, Man., after the March 4, 1966 blizzard. (City of Winnipeg Archives)
Winnipeg blizzard 1966 Hearty Winnipeggers aided by heavy machinery clear snow in Winnipeg, Man., after the March 4, 1966 blizzard. (The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Winnipeg Tribune fonds, PC 18)
Winnipeg blizzard 1966 Employees at Polo Park stranded in the store on March 4, 1966 after a powerful blizzard rest on display beds in a department store’s furniture section. (The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Winnipeg Tribune fonds, PC 18)
1966 Winnipeg blizzard Polo Park employees hunker down in sleeping bags after the March 4, 1966 blizzard snowed them in at a department store. (The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Winnipeg Tribune fonds, PC 18)
1966 Winnipeg blizzard A lineup of Winnipeg Transit buses stall on Main Street in Winnipeg, Man., after the March 4, 1966 blizzard. (The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, the Winnipeg Tribune fonds, PC 18)
