Rorketon is a small unincorporated community in the

Rural Municipality of Lakeshore The Rural Municipality of Lakeshore is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. Lakeshore is named for the proximity of the shoreline of Dauphin Lake, which splits the municipality into north and south. The RM is ...

, located between

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and

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. The main industry in this area is

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. According to the

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, the population of the Lawrence Municipality, of which it had been part, was 501.2006 Census Data
/ref> Rorketon is situated on

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approximately 40 kilometres north of Ste. Rose du Lac, Manitoba. It is also situated about 20 kilometres from Manipogo Provincial Park.

References

Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub