Header image: aerial photo with 1951 eastern Rooster Town households identified
 produced by Adrian Werner

Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community
​The result of a multi-year research project, provides access to photos, maps, census records and more.  Produced by the authors of the book, below.

Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community (book) - Evelyn Peters, Matthew Stock , Adrian Werner 

Rooster Town Revisited: The Other Side of the Story by Lawrence J. Barkwell
This article was written as a kind of response to the Winnipeg Free Press piece "The Outsiders" (see below). It was published in Grassroots News (link not available). A number of people in the Métis community felt that that article did not tell enough about Rooster Town residents' sense of community and pride.  

Rooster Town - in the Canadian Encyclopedia

Rooster Town: Winnipeg's Lost Métis Suburb 1900-1960 by David J. Burley, Urban History Review
23 pages with images and maps.

Rooster Town: A Métis Road Allowance Community by Lawrence J. Barkwell
1-page summary of Rooster Town.

​The Outsiders. The Story of Rooster Town, a Métis shanty town on the city's fringe that struggled as the city prospered - by Randy Turner, Winnipeg Free Press
includes archival newspaper photographs and city documents, and aerial mapping 

Rooster Town: Hidden Winnipeg History by Reid Dickie
blog post with general history

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Facebook page - Rooster Town Blockade at the Parker Wetlands

In July, 2017 a group of people established a blockade against development near the former Rooster Town site(s) at what is referred to by some as the Parker Wetlands. This page provided updates and information from their perspective. Last updated in 2020.