Facts About Thompson Thompson is the largest city in the Northern Region of Manitoba. Thompson was incorporated as a town in 1967 on Canada’s Centennial Anniversary. Thompson is known as the “Hub of the North”. Thompson covers an area of 20.79 square kilometres and is located on the Precambrian Canadian Shield. Thompson was originally founded […]
Facts About Winkler Winkler was incorporated as a Village on the 9th of May 1906, as a Town on the 7th of April, 1954. Winkler is Manitoba’s sixth-largest city and the second fastest-growing city out of nine in the province. The land in southeast Manitoba upon which Winkler sits was the traditional lands of the […]
Facts About Dauphin Dauphin is in western Manitoba near Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Riding Mountain National Park, just west of Lake Manitoba and Dauphin Lake and south of Lake Winnipegosis. The nearby lake was given the name “Dauphin” by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of […]
Facts About Steinbach Steinbach is a city located about 58 km south-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Steinbach was incorporated as a town on 31 December 1946, with the Main Street being paved the following year. Steinbach has a population of 15,829, making it the third-largest city in Manitoba and the largest community in the Eastman […]