The Village of Dunnottar is a
village
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in the
Canadian province of
Manitoba
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. As part of the
Interlake
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and
Metro
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Geography
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regions, the municipality is located on the shores of
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg (french: Lac Winnipeg, oj, ᐑᓂᐸᑲᒥᐠᓴᑯ˙ᑯᐣ, italics=no, Weenipagamiksaguygun) is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about north of t ...
, just off
Highway 9, south of
Winnipeg Beach.
It encompasses the towns of Ponemah, Whytewold, and
Matlock. These centres grew around
Canadian Pacific Railway stations. It borders the
Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, in addition to Lake Winnipeg. It is known for its beaches, with which comes many summer residents and visitors.
History
The Village takes its name from
Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle ( gd, Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-eastern coast of Scotland, about south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the ...
in Scotland.
In June 1947, it was announced that the area of current-day Village of Dunnottar would have a meeting to create the municipal government. The meeting was held at 177 McDermot Avenue in the
city of Winnipeg. Municipal elections were held later that year in November, officially becoming a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
as of 1 January 1948.
Thereafter, Albert J. Smale became Dunnottar's first Mayor. The municipal clerk's office would be located in the Canada Permanent building (298 Garry Street) in Winnipeg.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Dunnottar had a population of 989 living in 496 of its 1,206 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 763. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
External links
Village of DunnottarManitoba Communities - DunnottarMap of Dunnottar at Statcan
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Villages in Manitoba
Winnipeg Metro Region
Populated places in Interlake Region, Manitoba