Giroux is an unincorporated community located in the
Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne
Ste. Anne (french: Municipalité rurale de Sainte-Anne) is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality (RM) in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada, lying southeast of Winnipeg. The separately-administered town of Ste. Ann ...
,
Manitoba
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, Canada.
It is located 14 kilometers north-east of
Steinbach, and 13 kilometers south-east of
Ste. Anne. Originally established as
railway stop
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While a junction or interlocking usually divides two or more lines or routes, and thus has rem ...
in the 1890s called "Steinbach Station", it was later renamed ''Giroux'' and a town grew up around the station, which provided a key link to Winnipeg for
Mennonite
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,
Métis
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, and
French
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settlers in the area. The rail station closed in the 1950s, but the villages continues to exist with a population of around 100 people.
References
Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba
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