Gruber was an unincorporated place in what is now the
Rural Municipality of Mossey River
The Rural Municipality of Mossey River is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada, located at the south end of Lake Winnipegosis.
It is named for the Mossey River, a river that flows through the municipality.
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. Hersh Girtle was the postmaster at one time. The location was described as north of
Dauphin and 2 miles (3 km) north of
Winnipegosis
Winnipegosis is an unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Mossey River on Lake Winnipegosis
The community was once categorized as a village, but this status was r ...
, but another source gives the location as 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south of Winnipegosis.
Gruber was established by and named after its founder, Rabbi Eliezer Lazar Gruber. It was formally recognised by the Department of the Interior, Government of Canada, on October 19, 1904, in accordance with the hamlet provisions of the Dominion Lands Act. The Department of Interior extended settlement solely to the 19 persons that had made homestead and declared that settlement would not be extended beyond that.
Gruber is listed as a station served by
Canadian Northern Railway in a 1907 edition of ''The
Official Railway Guide:
North American Freight Service Edition''.
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References
Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba
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