Minnetonka is a neighbourhood in the city of
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, located in the southern section of the district of
St. Vital
St. Vital (french: Saint-Vital) is a ward and neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Located in the south-central part of the city, it is bounded on the north by Carrière Avenue; on the south by the northern limit of the Rural Municipal ...
. It is bounded by the
Red River on the west and south,
Abinojii Mikanah on the north, and
St. Mary's Road on the east. As of the 2016 census, Minnetonka had a population of 4,285. On some maps, Minnetonka is called Riel.
History
The area was first permanently settled in the 19th century. One early settler was Julie Riel, the mother of
Louis Riel, whose house on River Road is now
Riel House
Riel House is a National Historic Site commemorating the life of the Métis politician and activist Louis Riel, and also the daily life of Métis families in the Red River Settlement. The house is situated in the historic St. Vital parish, Wi ...
National Historic Site. Minnetonka is mainly residential, with some light commercial (mainly retail) activity along St. Mary's Road.
Facilities
Minnetonka is home to
Darwin School, Minnetonka School, River of Life
Nazarene Church
The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members c ...
, and St. John the Apostle Ukrainian Catholic Church. St. Amant, located on River Road, serves individuals with developmental disabilities and autism, but before 1959 was the provincial tuberculosis hospital.
History of St. Amant.
Accessed October 8, 2009.
References
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Neighbourhoods in Winnipeg
Minnetonka