Lowe Farm is a farming community in southern

Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...

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in the

Rural Municipality of Morris Morris is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The town of Morris, a separate urban municipality, is located in the southeastern corner of the RM. The RM has a population of 3,047 persons as of the 2016 Can ...

, 10 minutes west of

Morris, Manitoba Morris is a small town in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located 51 km south of Winnipeg and 42 km north of Emerson. Morris is home to 1,885 people (2016). The town is named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieuten ...

, on

Manitoba Highway 23 Provincial Trunk Highway 23 (PTH 23) is a major east-west provincial highway in the southern portion of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Manitoba Highway 21, PTH 21 just south of Hartney, Mani ...

. It was founded in the 1880s, when John Lowe (born February 20, 1824) managed a campaign to attract immigrants, particularly farmers and farm labourers for Manitoba. Lowe Farm became a model farm and a testing ground for farming innovations and later developed into a village. Lowe Farm has three churches, a credit union, a recreation centre, a privately owned grocery store, farm supply, gas station, a café, an elementary/junior high school and a community park. Lowe Farm has three baseball diamonds: two in the park and one on the school playground where a baseball program is run. There was once a grain elevator but it was demolished in September 2021. The town is laid out in a reverse L-shape. Lowe Farm School has 70 students, and 10 staff members. The school has a Natural Playground that consists of a toboggan hill and swings. The school has been integrating technology by using smartboards, netbooks, desktops, and LCD projectors into their everyday experiences. The students are very engaged, participating in leadership activities like buddy reading, computer buddies, gym helpers, canteen helpers, and book order volunteers. They also participate in inter-school sports like basketball, volleyball, cross-country, badminton, floor hockey, and softball. The student council organizes events like Fall Frolics, Spirit Week, School Newspaper, Talent Show, and Oreo dunking, and organize sales of school clothing.

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RM of Morris
Unincorporated communities in Pembina Valley Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub