Alonsa is a

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(RM) in the province of

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. It lies on the west side of

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. Located within the borders of the municipality is the

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of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located east of the town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility. The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a

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(LGD). It received rural municipality status on 1 January 1997.

2018 Tornado

A violent high end EF4 tornado struck the municipality of Alonsa on August 3, 2018, killing 1 person. It was estimated to have been on the ground for over 20 minutes, and had a width of . The tornado was originally rated EF4, but further research has suggested the windspeeds inside the tornado ranging from to , putting it as an EF5 tornado.

Communities

Alonsa Alonsa is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in north central Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa. History Alonsa grew in the early 1900s with the coming of the railroad. The rail line was never ...

* Amaranth * Bacon Ridge * Bluff Creek * Cayer * Eddystone * Harcus * Kinosota (Manitoba House) * Leifur * Lonely Lake * Moore Dale * Portia * Reedy Creek * Reykjavik () * Shergrove * Silver Ridge

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Alonsa had a population of 1,210 living in 492 of its 659 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,247. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

Rural Municipality of Alonsa''Manitoba Historical Society – Rural Municipality of Alonsa''

Map of Alonsa R.M. at Statcan

2018 Tornado

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