Strathclair is a

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in the province of

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. It is located northwest of

Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...

and is on

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. It lies within the

Rural Municipality of Yellowhead The Rural Municipality of Yellowhead is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the Municipality of Shoal Lake and the RM of St ...

. The population is 709 in the 2016 census. The settlement’s post office opened in 1886 on 35-16-22W and was known as Strathclair Station, became Glenforsa for a time and in 1915 changed to its present name.

Climate

Strathclair is located in southwestern Manitoba and has warm summers and cold winters. The average annual precipitation is 457.1mm (18 inches) with most of it falling in the summer.

References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 264–265)'' – the Millennium Bureau of Canada

External links

Evolution of the Strathclair District by William G. Hillman, Assistant Professor, Brandon UniversityThe Bill and Sue-On Hillman / Strathclair Connection – Memories and Over 100 PhotosRM of StrathclairR.M. of Strathclair Community ProfileMap of Strathclair R.M. at Statcan
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