Alonsa is a

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(RM) in the province of

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. It lies on the west side of

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. Located within the borders of the municipality is the

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of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located east of the town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility.Margaret Bruce
Recreation Parks, Planning Section 3, Gov of Manitoba Conservation The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a

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(LGD). It received rural municipality status on 1 January 1997.

Communities

Alonsa Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west ...

* Amaranth * Bacon Ridge * Bluff Creek * Cayer * Eddystone * Harcus * Kinosota (Manitoba House) * Lonely Lake * Moore Dale * Portia * Reedy Creek * Reykjavik ( is, Reykjavík) * Shergrove * Silver Ridge

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Alonsa had a population of 1,210 living in 492 of its 659 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,247. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

Rural Municipality of Alonsa''Manitoba Historical Society – Rural Municipality of Alonsa''

Map of Alonsa R.M. at Statcan
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