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Encyclopedia > Elm Creek, Manitoba
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Elm Creek, Manitoba is a small community west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1984x1488, 636 KB) Elm Creek, Manitoba fire department, May 2, 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elm Creek, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1984x1488, 636 KB) Elm Creek, Manitoba fire department, May 2, 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elm Creek, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14...



It is home to the largest fire hydrant, which is 29.5 feet tall, which was unveiled on Canada Day, 2001. City Fire Hydrant A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the USA or as a johnny pump in New York City), is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable... Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is Canadas national holiday. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...



It is also the home of the 2nd largest meteorite ever found in Canada. Found by a local grader driver on a rural road. Willamette Meteorite A meteorite is an extraterrestrial body that survives its impact with the Earths surface without being destroyed. ...



Elm Creek, Manitoba is also the home of 9 Manitoba geocaches


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[1] Elm Creek School Screenshot from MapQuest MapQuest is an Internet map service, owned by AOL. The map creation software was originally developed by GeoSystems to generate maps for customers. ...


[2] Geocaching.com

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Regions Winnipeg Capital Region - Central Plains - Eastman - Interlake - Northern - Parkland - Pembina Valley - Westman
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Cities Brandon - Dauphin - Flin Flon - Portage la Prairie - Selkirk - Steinbach - Thompson - Winkler - Winnipeg
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Elm Creek (346 words)
The district encompasses Elm Creek, Fannystelle and Haywood (wards 1, 2 and 3 of the Rural Municipality of Grey), with a total population of approximately 2500, in and around the three towns.
Located at the junction of Highways 2 and 13, a flood-free area, Elm Creek is ideally situated for conducting business, due to its central position - 30 minute west of Winnipeg, 40 minutes north of Winkler and 30 minutes south of Portage la Prairie.
Elm Creek and district offers all the amenities of city dwellings, but with the added comfort and safety of country living.
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