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Rivers, Manitoba
Rivers is an unincorporated urban community in the Riverdale Municipality within the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located northwest of Brandon, above sea level. It is within the Westman Region (Southwestern Manitoba). Agriculture, health and related businesses provide income for the community and area. Rivers has a population of 1,257 people in the 2016 census. History Rivers was named in 1908 after Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, Chairman of the Board of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. During the Second World War, Rivers became one of the sites in Canada which helped to fix the positions of German U-boats using high-frequency direction finding. This site, along with Portage la Prairie increased the "fix" accuracy on the U-boats. Rivers held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It was dissolved on that day as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Rural Municipality of Daly to form Riverdale Municipality. Demographics In the 2021 Census of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Manitoba
This is a list of regions in Manitoba, Canada, including Manitoba's geographic regions, economic regions, and Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, health regions. These regions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. Typically outlined by provincial or federal authorities, these formal and informal regional models broadly follow the geographic definitions, but have particular variations depending on their administrative or other purpose. Geographic regions These are informal geographic regions, accompanied by the List of census divisions of Manitoba, census divisions in each. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions in Manitoba do not reflect the organization of local government: these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own. Provincial regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westman Region, Manitoba
The Westman Region (also known as Western Manitoba or simply Westman) is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the southwestern corner of the province. Brandon is the largest urban centre in the Westman Region. Primary economic industries in the region include agriculture, food processing, manufacturing, education, petroleum, transportation, and tourism. Riding Mountain National Park and eight provincial parks are located within the Westman Region. Together with the Parkland Region to the north, Westman composes the broader Prairie Mountain health region, and is provided healthcare services by Prairie Mountain Health. As of 2016, the Westman Region had a population of 113,618 people, making it the most populous area of Manitoba outside of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. Major communities *Brandon (city) * Carberry (town) * Melita (town) * Minnedosa (town) *Neepawa (town) * Virden (town) Rural municipalities ''** Unincorporated Urb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Station
The Rivers railway station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Rivers, Manitoba, in the centre of town. The station is served by Via Rail's ''The Canadian''. The station operates as a flag stop with 48-hour advance notice. The station was originally built in 1917 for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The station building is a 1½ story structure made of concrete to halfway up the first story, brick to the roof line. The station building was closed in the 1990s, however trains continued to serve the community as a flag stop. The station was designated a national historic site in 1992. A local community group is working on restoring the building. In 2008, Via Rail (Via) relocated its facilities serving ''The Canadian'' from Brandon North railway station (located away) to the Rivers railway station. Stranding On March 1, 2011, Via passengers traveling east were stranded for 15 hours due to a Canadian National freight train Rail freight transport is the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Provincial Road 250
Provincial Road 250 (PR 250) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It a north-south route that provides access to the towns of Souris and Rivers from the Trans-Canada Highway (PTH 1). Route description PR 250 begins at the intersection of PTH 2 and 22 in Souris, and runs due north to the Trans-Canada Highway. The two run concurrently west to Alexander, after which PR 250 continues north again, through the town of Rivers to the Yellowhead Highway at Newdale. It continues north to PTH 45 at Sandy Lake, after which it becomes a gravel road until it reaches its northern terminus at PR 354 near the southern boundary of Riding Mountain National Park. Aside from the Trans-Canada Highway, PR 250 also has short concurrences with PTH 25, PR 355, and PTH 16. Between Souris and the Trans-Canada Highway, PR 250 is classified as an RTAC route, which permits full truck and trailer access. Intersections References External links Manitoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Highway 25
Provincial Trunk Highway 25 (PTH 25) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is a short east-west route starting at PR 259 at Wheatland, east through Rivers, and terminating at PTH 10 north of Forrest. PTH 25 serves as the major route, via PTH 10, between Rivers and Brandon. The speed limit on this highway is . History PTH 25 was designated originally in 1928 from PTH 2 east of Carroll to Brandon. In 1929, it extended south to Boissevain, replacing PTH 20. In 1937, it extended south to the North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ... border. In 1938, this route became part of PTH 10. PTH 25 was designated in 1953 along its current route. Intersections External links Manitoba Official Map - Southwest 025 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFB Rivers
CFB Rivers was a Royal Canadian Air Force base located southwest of Rivers, Manitoba ( northwest of Brandon), Canada at the junction of Manitoba Highway 25 (PTH 25) and Manitoba Provincial Road 259 (PR 259). History 1940-1945 - World War II RCAF Station Rivers was opened 23 November 1940, when No. 1 Air Navigation School (No. 1 ANS) was relocated to the Station, from RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. On 11 May 1942, No. 1 Air Navigation School was redesignated No. 1 Central Navigation School (No. 1 CNS) and remained at RCAF Station Rivers until it was disbanded on 15 September 1945. No. 1 Air Navigation School and No. 1 Central Navigation Schools were both part of No. 2 Training Command RCAF one of the 4 commands responsible for administration of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). Aerodrome Information In 1944 the aerodrome was listed at with a variation of 14 degrees east and altitude of . Three runways were listed as follows: 1945-1971 - Post war The base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Wahtopanah
Lake Wahtopanah, also known as Rivers Reservoir, is a lake on the Little Saskatchewan River near the town of Rivers, Manitoba. Its dam was built by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in 1960 to supplement water supplies for irrigation. It also provides the water supply for the town of Rivers, stock watering and recreation. The reservoir is about wide and six miles (10 km) long. The deepest point is about . Riparian flows are regulated by a four-foot square gated conduit. High flows pass over a wide concrete chute spillway. The reservoir stores about and covers an area of about . The drainage area is about and extends well into Riding Mountain National Park Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park is located within Treaty 2 Territory and sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the sur .... The province maintains a park and campground on the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Canadian Census
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is slightly lower than the response rate for the 2016 census. It recorded a population of 36,991,981, a 5.2% increase from 2016. Planning Consultation on census program content was from September 11 to December 8, 2017. The census was conducted by Statistics Canada, and was contactless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The agency had considered delaying the census until 2022. About 900 supervisors and 31,000 field enumerators were hired to conduct the door-to-door survey of individuals and households who had not completed the census questionnaire by late May or early June. Canvassing agents wore masks and maintained a physical distance to comply with COVID-19 safety regulations. Questionnaire In early May 2021, Statistics Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Municipality Of Daly
The Rural Municipality of Daly is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Rivers to form the Riverdale Municipality. The RM was located northwest of the City of Brandon and encompassed 553 square kilometres of prime agricultural land. It was named for Thomas Mayne Daly, a prominent Manitoba lawyer and politician. Communities * Bradwardine * Levine * Myra * Wheatland Demographics References Map of Daly R.M. at Statcan''Manitoba Historical Society Rural Municipality of Daly''''Manitoba Historical Society - Bradwardine (RM of Daly)''* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 59) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada External links * Daly Daly or DALY may refer to: Places Australia * County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia * Daly River, Northern Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merger (politics)
A merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in a political or administrative sense, is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities, such as municipality, municipalities (in other words city, cities, towns, etc.), county, counties, districts, etc., into a single entity. This term is used when the process occurs within a sovereign entity. Unbalanced growth or outward expansion of one neighbor may necessitate an administrative decision to merge (see urban sprawl). In some cases, common perception of continuity may be a factor in prompting such a process (see conurbation). Some cities (see #Notable municipal mergers, below) that have gone through amalgamation or a similar process had several administrative sub-divisions or jurisdictions, each with a separate Mayor, person in charge. Annexation is similar to amalgamation, but differs in being applied mainly to two cases: #The units joined are sovereign entities before the process, as opposed to being units of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Municipal Amalgamations, 2015
The 2015 municipal amalgamations in Manitoba was the result of new legislation (''Municipal Amalgamations Act'') in the province that required a minimum population threshold of 1,000 people in order to incorporate a municipality. To meet this new threshold, Manitoba's smaller municipalities—those with a population of less than 1,000—merged with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. Background In 1997, the Government of Manitoba established a minimum population threshold of 1,000 in order to incorporate a municipality. As of the 2011 census, 93 of the 197 municipalities in Manitoba had populations less than 1,000. In 2012, the Manitoba government announced that municipalities would be required to amalgamate in order for them to meet the minimum population threshold and make them more sustainable communities moving forward. Soon after, ''The Municipal Amalgamations Act'' was enacted in 2013, requiring that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage La Prairie
Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly halfway between the provincial boundaries of Saskatchewan and Ontario). The community sits on the Assiniboine River, which flooded the town persistently until a diversion channel north to Lake Manitoba (the Portage Diversion) was built to divert the flood waters. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie. According to Environment Canada, Portage la Prairie has the most sunny days during the warm months in Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dakota Tipi First Nations reserve. History Pre-colonial era Long before European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, the Portage la Prairie area was first inhabited by several Indigenous nations (including the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe, Cree, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
