Lauder is a small community in the
Rural Municipality of Grassland in the
Canadian province
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of
Manitoba
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. The community is located at the junction of
Highway 254 and
Highway 345, approximately 100 km south-west of
Brandon only 22 km south-west of the Town of
Hartney. Lauder is about 3 miles south of the
Souris River
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Rising in sout ...
and the Lauder Sand Hills.
Lauder was established in 1891 by the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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and named after Archdeaco
John Strutt Lauder rector of Christ Church in
Ottawa
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. The first survey laid out blocks 1-3 then in 1903, the CPR surveyors laid out blocks 4-7. About the only type of business the town didn't have in its long history was a fire department. The first of several devastating fires was "the great fire of 1894". 125 years after its establishment, there is only one business left in town and most of the buildings are gone but the community spirit is strong.
Infrastructure
Lauder is served by the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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, as well
Manitoba Highways 254 & 345.
Attractions
*
Lauder Sand Hills
Notable people
*Robert Fulton Logan (1889-1959), a painter, illustrator, and specialist in
copper
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etchings.
*Gordon G. Phillips (1927-1992), helped design and build the Alouette communication satellites. In 1965 he went to work in the Canadian Patent Office.
See also
*
List of communities in Manitoba
References
External links
Lauder Community Profile Town of Hartney
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Unincorporated communities in Westman Region
Ghost towns in Manitoba