Fork River is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in the
Rural Municipality of Mossey River,
Manitoba
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, Canada. The community is situated on the banks of Fork River, which is a tributary of
Mossey River. Access is from
Highway 20.
Mainly surrounded by farmland,
it is about south of
Winnipegosis
Winnipegosis is an Unorganized area, unincorporated urban community in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Mossey River on Lake Winnipegosis in Westman Region, west-central Manitoba.
The commu ...
, 25 minutes north of
Dauphin. Fork River at one time had over 200 inhabitants, but that number has since dwindled.
Amenities
The community had a number of stores and used to have regular stops from passing trains; however, as the tracks began to no longer be used, and as the population declined, the stores eventually dwindled away with the last one closing in 1996. As of the turn of the millennium, the tracks have been removed and commodities are transported solely by large trucks.
The community still has an operational
granary
A granary, also known as a grain house and historically as a granarium in Latin, is a post-harvest storage building primarily for grains or seeds. Granaries are typically built above the ground to prevent spoilage and protect the stored grains o ...
. Its main route of transportation is
Highway 20. Fork River also has a skating rink that has over 100 people that visit over a winter season. The hall is also used for many weddings and socials, and has a weekly Thursday night Bingo.
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Parkland Region, Manitoba
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