Cromer, Manitoba is a village located in the

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, in south-western

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, Canada in a region called Westman. In 1884 the Post Office was opened at

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26-8-28W and was known as ''Elm Valley''. The name was changed to Cromer when the

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came through in 1907. The community is situated alongside Pipestone Creek in the Pipestone Valley. The valley was formed almost 20,000 years ago during the melting of the last

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. The melting waters formed the Pipestone Spillway, which is the valley seen today. The village sits at the intersections of roads 256 and

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and consists of several businesses, residences, and churches. There is also an ice rink and a 9-hole golf course. Enbridge Line 2B starts just north of the village at the Tundra Oil & Gas plant. Cromer Manitoba

;Cromer United Church

The Cromer United Church, built in 1911, is designated " Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 89" and part of the

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. It was originally called ''Cromer Methodist Church'' and was built for the Methodist congregation and its architecture is a modest Gothic Revival-style wooden church. As a heritage site, it was recognised on 10 December 1992 and was listed in the Canadian Register on 17 February 2006.

Notable residents

* Mary Carter, judge Beth Bilson
Profile of Mary Carter
. ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''. Retrieved 2016-11-29.

References

External links

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 57) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada * * {{MBDivision6 Unincorporated communities in Westman Region

Notable residents

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