Cypress River is an unincorporated community recognized as a

local urban district A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...

in the

Rural Municipality of Victoria The Rural Municipality of Victoria is located in south-central Manitoba, north-east of Glenboro. The RM was established in 1902 and named for Queen Victoria. In its westernmost part, the RM contains parts of Manitoba's Spruce Woods Provincial Fo ...

in the

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. Originally, the community was known as "Littleton". On

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

's 2005 album Prairie Wind, he makes references to Cypress River in the title track.

Geography

It is located along Highway 2 in south central Manitoba between Tiger Hills to the south, and the sandy hills of

Spruce Woods Provincial Park Spruce Woods Provincial Park is located in south-central Manitoba, Canada where the Assiniboine River passes through the delta of sediment left by the last glaciation. An area of open and stabilized sand dunes within the park provides habitat to ...

to the north.

Climate

Notable people

Ric Nordman Rurik (Ric) Nordman (October 18, 1919 in Cypress River, Manitoba – July 29, 1996 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. Nordman served on Winnipeg City Council, representing the St. Charles Ward from 1974 ...

, politician *

Florent Robidoux Florent Robidoux (born May 5, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played in 52 National Hockey League games with the Chicago Black Hawks (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption ...

, former professional hockey player * Scott Young, journalist, father of musician

References

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