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park, due to decreased revenue, materials. and the national

by World Wardlg read create y the re _ . . , 7 peac: conditions resugedpgfieghgxhggstion Grounds. Even when

the Exhibition Grounds became less deiififiiethe development of

Park continued at a slow pace. By the lgzoisprigress in,Klld°nan

in Winnipig gas much larger than during thé r e par s syififim

g i followed - . ' .3 new Properties were acquired, there . a Perlod of intenSive efforts and financial assist- ance to their development. Kildonan Park, whose future was Still inSecure, received little attention. Towards the end of the decade the queStlon 3°?Cerning a SUitable location for the Exhibition ’ Grounds was again revived. While the decision was never definite- ly‘madE, the support for the park's preservation was much stronger than 1n the earlier years. By 1929, the park's future was quite secure. However, this left no time for develOpment to resume be- fore the onset of the Great Depression when all progress throughout the Parks' system reached a point of stagnation. It should be men- tioned that during this decade, the natural beauty and potential of Kildonan Park for picnics and recreation was fully realized and appreciated by Winnipeg's pOpulace. Following immediately upon the Depression, the second World War created the resumption of condi- tions.similar to those of the First World War.

While Kildonan Park possessed two natural features which en- hanced its beauty, the Lord Selkirk Creek and the adjacent Red River, their frequent flooding converted them from assets into lia— bilities. Throughout the park's history much time and money that could have furthered development was devoted to reconstruction af- ter the occurrence of devastating floods. The worst occasion of flooding was the spring of 1950, just when the parks' budget was re- viving after some three decades of difficulties.

Although the 1950 Flood created adverse conditions in Kildo- nan Park, it also marked a turning point in its history.' Had the f10©€ Waters not so completely destroyed the bandstand, it is quite Possible that an outdoor bandshell, at that time contemplated for one Qf the.major parks, would have been placed into ASSinibSine Park. The decision in 1950 to locate the outdoor theatrea Rainbow Stage", in Kildonan Park ushered in the "Years of ReVival . In 1961, Wham Kildonan Park, along with other parks and properties came un— der the jurisdiction of the newly formed Metropolitan Corporitiogur_ 0f Greater Winnipeg, a decade of such intensive redevelopmenldoc red that by 1971 virtually every building and faCility in Ki onan Park had been replaced and many innovations implemented.