Minto is an unincorporated community recognized as a

local urban district A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents a ...

located in the

Municipality of Grassland The Municipality of Grassland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Cameron and Whitewater and the town of Hartney. It was f ...

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. A railway point for the Canadian National railway and post office was located in Minto. It was named in 1899 for Sir

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, (; 9 July 18451 March 1914), known as Viscount Melgund by courtesy from 1859 to 1891, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1898 to 1904, and Vi ...

. He was the

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at the time.

Transportation

Minto is located south of Brandon at the southern end of the concurrence of Manitoba Highways 10 and 23. These routes connect it to several other communities in the region, as well as the

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border at the

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and the

Pembina Valley region The Pembina Valley () is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is named for its major geographical feature, the Pembina Valley, which runs through the southwestern part of the region. The Pembina Valley had a pop ...

of the province.

Popular culture

Minto was featured during season 4 of the

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program '' Still Standing''. The episode originally aired on December 4, 2018.

References

External links

''Manitoba Municipal Profiles''
Local urban districts in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Westman Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub