Amery is an

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and community in

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23 in

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, located northeast of the

Limestone Generating Station Limestone Generating Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Nelson River approximately north of Winnipeg near Gillam, Manitoba. Part of the Nelson River Hydroelectric Project, Limestone was Manitoba Hydro's fifth and largest ge ...

(on the

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). Administratively, it is part of the large Town of Gillam.

History

Amery was founded with the building of the Hudson Bay Railway in the early part of the second decade of the 20th century. When the originally intended final section line route north east to Port Nelson was abandoned, the new final section route north to

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, which opened in 1929, was branched off at Amery.

Transportation

Amery is the site of

Amery railway station Amery station is a flag stop railway station in Amery, Manitoba, Canada. The stop is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on t ...

, served by the

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Winnipeg–Churchill train The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and, before that, ''Northern Spirits'') is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection betwe ...

. It is also north of

Manitoba Provincial Road 290 Provincial Road 290 (also known as PR 290 or Highway 290) is a provincial road within the town limits of Gillam in the Canadian province of Manitoba. PR 290 begins at an intersection with Manitoba Provincial Road 280 in Jac ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Northern Region, Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub