Sprague is a community within the
Rural Municipality of Piney
The Rural Municipality of Piney is a rural municipality (RM) in southeastern Manitoba, Canada, along the border with Minnesota in the United States.
Geography
According to Statistics Canada, the municipality has a land area of 2,433.77 ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. It is named after D.E. Sprague, a prominent Winnipeg lumber merchant.
The community is located in the extreme southeast corner of the province near the
Canada–United States border
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(
Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing), at the junction of
Manitoba Highway 12
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and
Provincial Road 308.
The nearest major centres include
Warroad and
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Thief River Falls, sometimes abbreviated as TRF, is a city and county seat of Pennington County in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 8,749 at the 2020 census.
History
Thief River Falls takes its name fro ...
;
Fort Frances, Ontario
Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2021 census was 7,466 Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Cham ...
; and
Steinbach, Manitoba
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.
Climate
Sprague has a
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Dfb'') with strong seasonal swings. Although winters are very cold, snowfall is normally not excessive compared to areas further east. Summer afternoons are warm and variable with cool nights.
See also
*
Northwest Angle
The Northwest Angle, known simply as the Angle by locals, and coextensive with Angle Township, is a pene-exclave of northern Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. Excluding surveying errors, it is the only place in the contiguous United States ...
*
Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing
References
External links
''RM of Piney Communities - Sprague, Manitoba''
Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba
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