Bernice is an unincorporated place in the
Municipality of Two Borders
The Municipality of Two Borders is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the extreme south-west corner of the province in the Westman Region.
The rural municipality's name is a reference to its lo ...
, south-west of
Brandon
Brandon may refer to:
Names and people
*Brandon (given name), a male given name
*Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins
Places
Australia
*Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales
*Brandon, Q ...
,
Manitoba
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,
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.
History
A school was organized in 1888 named Gould School on SW22-5-26W. It was relocated to SE23-5-26 and renamed Bernice School No. 547.
The school operated in that location until 1965 when the students were transferred to Napinka Consolidated School No. 2369.
In 1906, the locality was a station on the
CP Rail
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
Alida subdivision linking
Alida, Saskatchewan and
Lauder, Manitoba
Lauder is a small community in the Rural Municipality of Grassland in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The community is located at the junction of Highway 254 and Highway 345, approximately 100 km south-west of Brandon only 22 km ...
.
The station was closed in 1952.
The line was abandoned in 1978 after a flood in 1976 washed out the Bernice bridge.
A post office was established in 1910 and closed in 1916.
Geography
The community is located on
Highway 345 between the communities of
Bede
Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...
and Lauder.
It is north-east of the Town of
Melita.
The area surrounding the community was greatly affected by wind erosion during the
drought years of the 1930's Some farmland abandoned at that time has been brought back into cultivation, while other areas are used for pasture or provide wildlife habitat.
Points of Interest
A monument was erected in 1988 near the one room building that held Bernice School No. 547 to commemorate the teachers, students and families.
Bernice Wildlife Management Area
Bernice Wildlife Management Area is a wildlife management area located northeast of Melita, Manitoba, Canada. It is in size.
History
Bernice Wildlife Management Area was established in 1974 under the Manitoba Wildlife Act.
The WMA is in an ar ...
is one of a number of nearby protected areas providing opportunities to view wildlife.
See also
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List of communities in Manitoba
Communities in the Province of Manitoba, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and local go ...
References
Localities in Manitoba
Unincorporated communities in Westman Region
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