Tuxedo, Winnipeg

Tuxedo is a residential suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is located about seven kilometres (four miles) southwest of downtown Winnipeg and borders the Assiniboine River and Assiniboine Park on the north and Assiniboine Forest on the west.

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  1 History
  


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  2 Points of interest
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

History

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,062	—
1931	1,173	+10.5%
1941	735	−37.3%
1951	1,627	+121.4%
1961	1,627	+0.0%
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Between 1903 and 1905, the Tuxedo Park Company Limited, directed by Winnipeg-based real estate agent Frederick W. Heubach on behalf of American investors Frederick E. Kenaston, E. C. Warner, and Walter D. Douglas, began to purchase land in this area for a residential development. The company acquired farmland owned by Mary and Archibald Wright which, along with several smaller land purchases, brought the total area to about 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres). To transform the native scrub vegetation to what Heubach envisioned as a “Suburb Beautiful,” he hired architect and engineer Rickson A. Outhet of New York City to create an appropriate plan.^[4] The Outhet plan was never implemented.^[5]

In 1910, after acquiring additional land, Heubach and associates created the South Winnipeg Company and hired American landscape architects Olmsted Brothers to plan the subdivision. Their plan including a site intended for the University of Manitoba which, at the time, was located in downtown Winnipeg. Development of the area was delayed for a variety of reasons but investors continued to support the venture and a number of companies were created to manage land transactions and investment: Tuxedo (Winnipeg) Syndicate Limited, South Winnipeg Limited (later South Winnipeg 1923 Limited), Norwood (Winnipeg) Syndicate Limited, Warner Land Company, Tuxedo Estates Limited, Kenaston Realty Company, University Estates Limited, Assiniboine Estates Limited, Assiniboine Investments Limited, South Assiniboine Estates Limited, West Rydal Limited, and The Canadian Agency.

The Town of Tuxedo was formally incorporated on 24 January 1913 with Heubach as its first Mayor and a council of four persons. Other Mayors through the years were David R. Finkelstein (1915-1951), Cecil A. R. Lamont (1952-1961), and Clive K. Tallin (1961-1971). The Town had its own police department, fire department, and recreation commission, and was part of a health unit including St. James, St. Vital, Fort Garry, Charleswood, and Assiniboia. There were three public schools located within the Town, managed by the Assiniboine South School Division No. 3, including Tuxedo School No. 1709.

In 1972, Tuxedo amalgamated with Winnipeg and twelve other suburbs in the Unicity scheme. Records for the Tuxedo Park Company, as well as municipal records for Tuxedo, are held at the City of Winnipeg Archives.

Prominent residents of Tuxedo included Frank Trafford Taylor.

Tuxedo is the wealthiest area of Winnipeg with the highest property values.

Points of interest

• Assiniboine Park

References

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   ^ Canada Year Book 1932 (page 107)
   


2. 
   ^ Canada Year Book 1955 (page 144)
   


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   ^ Canada Year Book 1967 (page 192)
   


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   ^ "An aesthetic sub-division," Manitoba Free Press, 17 April 1906, page 5.
   


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   ^ http://winnipeginfocus.winnipeg.ca/town-of-tuxedo-manitoba-fonds
   

External links

• Manitoba Communities: Tuxedo


• History and Walking Tour of Tuxedo

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Coordinates: 49°51′38″N 97°13′04″W / 49.86056°N 97.21778°W / 49.86056; -97.21778

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