Bender Hamlet, Manitoba was a Baron Maurice de Hirsch sponsored Jewish farm colony in the

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, part of the

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region in the province of

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. The centre of the settlement was located at

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North West 36Township 19, Range 1 west of the Principal Meridian (NW36-19-1W). Bender Hamlet was originally settled in 1903 and was named after Jacob Bender, a land speculator who recruited settlers from Europe, but who himself never actually lived in the settlement. The settlement was set up

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-style, where all the houses of the families were placed together in the centre of the settlement, in a row along the south side of the colonization road. This was similar to the village orientation experienced by the settlers in Europe. In 1912 the now defunct

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arrived 2 km west of the hamlet. The last of the hamlet's settlers left in November 1926, effectively ending the colony. A Manitoba Heritage Council commemorative plaque was installed at the site of the former Bender Hamlet in 1987.Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0086.html

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