Glenella is a community within the Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne. It is located northeast of Neepawa and was designated a post office and a CNR point in 1897. Its name came from a Miss Ella Williams with the addition of the "glen". The R.M. was created in 1920 and amalgamated in 2015.

Railway station

Glenella is served by

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References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 93) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada {{coord, 50, 33, 25, N, 99, 11, 34, W, scale:100000, display=title Unincorporated communities in Central Plains Region, Manitoba