The Village of Dunnottar is a

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in the

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. As part of the

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and

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regions, the municipality is located on the shores of

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, just off Highway 9, south of

Winnipeg Beach Winnipeg Beach is a town in the Interlake Region, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The town was founded in 1900 by Sir William Whyte and is located at the junction of Highway 9 and Highway 229 on the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg, abo ...

. It encompasses the communities of Ponemah, Whytewold, and Matlock. These centres grew around

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stations. It borders the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, which surrounds it in three directions. It is on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. It is known for its beaches which are frequented by many summer residents and visitors.

History

The Village takes its name from

Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle (, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland, about south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th ...

in Scotland. In 1903, a Canadian Pacific Railway station was built. It has since been turned into the Dunnottar Station Museum, which hosts railway artifacts and community items. In June 1947, it was announced that the area of current-day Village of Dunnottar would have a meeting to create the municipal government. The meeting was held at 177 McDermot Avenue in the city of Winnipeg. Municipal elections were held later that year in November, officially becoming a

as of 1 January 1948. Thereafter, Albert J. Smale became Dunnottar's first Mayor. The municipal clerk's office would be located in the Canada Permanent building (298 Garry Street) in Winnipeg.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Dunnottar had a population of 989 living in 496 of its 1,206 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 763. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

Village of DunnottarManitoba Communities - DunnottarMap of Dunnottar at Statcan
{{Manitoba Villages in Manitoba Winnipeg Metro Region Populated places in Interlake Region, Manitoba