"The Glenelm neighbourhood of Winnipeg, part of Elmwood, is nestled between Henderson Highway to the east and the Red River to the west.

The neighbourhood was established after the City of Winnipeg announced it would build a new bridge to Elmwood across the Red River at Redwood Avenue. The major land owner on the east side of the proposed link, William Hespeler, agreed to give up his portion of the property required for the right-of-way to join the bridge to Henderson Highway if the city could get the other 40 or so smaller landowners to do the same.

The city got the land it needed and many of those landowners sold all or part of their now much more valuable property to land companies. A consortium of five developers jointly marketed the “Glenwood Crescent” suburb as the “Fort Rouge of North Winnipeg”. They touted the natural setting along the river, its proximity to St. John’s Park across the river and the eventual streetcar line that would take residents downtown in a matter of minutes.

Some of the hundreds of lots were sold but it wasn’t until 1911, after city infrastructure such as sidewalks and sewer lines were added, that the residential building boom began."

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