The Rural Municipality of North Cypress is a former

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(RM) in the Canadian province of

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. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Langford to form the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford. As of 2011, the population of the former RM of North Cypress is 1,860.

Overview

The former RM of North Cypress is located in the Westman region of the province between

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. It surrounds the independently governed Town of Carberry and includes the unincorporated communities of Brookdale, Wellwood and Edrans. Also located in the former RM of North Cypress are the Acadia, Fairway and Riverbend

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colonies. The former RM has connections to the Trans Canada Highway (which runs directly through North Cypress), as well as

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and PR 351.

Communities

* Brookdale * Edrans * Fairview * Firdale * Gregg * Harte * Ingelow

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* Onah *

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* Pleasant Point * Shilo * Wellwood

Economy

The former RM's economy benefits from its location along the Trans Canada Highway as well as access to both the

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and

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rail lines, close proximity to

and direct route to

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

. The former RM is set upon rich sandy soil, and is widely known for potatoes which are grown by local farming operations. The former RM is also known for forests of spruce, poplar and aspen oak trees, and the Carberry sandhills. It is also home to several major employers including McCain Foods and ADM Agri Industries. The Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (MCDC) is also located in the former RM of North Cypress.

Services

Emergency services are provided by the

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, the Carberry/North Cypress Fire Department, and the Carberry & District Health Centre. Schools are overseen by the Beautiful Plains School Division, and include R.J. Waugh Elementary School and Carberry Collegiate Institute in Carberry, Brookdale Elementary School in Brookdale, and several small

colony schools located on the Acadia, Fairway and Riverbend Hutterite colonies.

Wildlife

The area is home to many species of wildlife including some protected and endangered species.

White-tailed deer The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced t ...

, moose, elk,

great horned owl The great horned owl (''Bubo virginianus''), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists' description as the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air"), or the hoot owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extre ...

snowy owl The snowy owl (''Bubo scandiacus''), also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, is a large, white owl of the true owl family. Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding m ...

, gray wolf, canadian lynx, peregrine falcon, coyote and the rare skink are a few of the animal species that are found within the former RM. Although not common, American black bears, bobcats and pumas are also routinely spotted in the area. Because of the unique ecosystem and large forests, there are several large parcels of crown land and protected land areas within the former RM of North Cypress, including a large part of the Spruce Woods Provincial Forest, and a small part of

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Military

The former RM was home to two major

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installations, Camp Hughes and RCAF Station Carberry.

References

Statistics Canada North Cypress Profile

External links

RM of North Cypress

Map of North Cypress R.M. at StatcanOnline Version of Local History Book: Quest in Roots
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