Rosser is a

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(RM) in the

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, lying adjacent to the northwest side of

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and part of the

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. Its population as of the 2016 Census was 1,372. It is situated along Provincial Trunk Highway 6, and Winnipeg's

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CentrePort Canada CentrePort Canada is a tri-modal dry port and Foreign Trade Zone located partly in northwest Winnipeg, Manitoba (CentrePort South) and partly in the Rural Municipality of Rosser (CentrePort North), and situated adjacent to the Winnipeg James Armst ...

lies primarily in the eastern part of the RM, inside the Perimeter Highway. A small portion of

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also lies within the RM of Rosser. Water services are provided by the Cartier Regional Water Cooperative. The CentrePort distribution line serves CentrePort development and the RM of Rosser. Water sourced from the

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is treated at

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before being sent out through distribution channels. Near the community of Rosser is the Dorsey Converter Station and the large

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plant for the Nelson River Bipole

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power transmission project.

Communities

The following communities lie within the RM: *

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* Lilyfield * Marquette * Meadows * Rosser

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Rosser had a population of 1,270 living in 424 of its 448 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,372. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As of 2004, a handful of elderly Old Swedish (

gammalsvenska (locally ; literally "Old Swedish") is an Estonian Swedish dialect spoken in the neighborhood of Gammalsvenskby in Zmiivka, Ukraine. Its use has declined since the end of World War II, and most remaining speakers are older residents of Gamma ...

) speakers remain. They are the descendants of ethnically Swedish people who moved to Manitoba from Gammalsvenskby, Ukraine, in the early 1900s. Old Swedish derives from the Estonian Swedish dialect of the late 1700s as spoken on the island of Dagö (

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

). While rooted in Swedish, the dialect shows influence and borrowings from Estonian, German, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Attractions

— lies primarily in the eastern part of the RM of Rosser * Little Mountain Park *

Prairie Dog Central Railway The Prairie Dog Central Railway is a heritage railway just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Regular trips are every Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Monday from May through September, and last almost four hours with one stop in the rural community ...

— travels through the RM of Rosser * Six Pines Ranch —

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farm *

— partially lies within the RM of Rosser.

References

External links

Rural Municipality of Rosser
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Communities

Demographics

Attractions

Further reading

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