Altona is a predominantly Mennonite town in southern Manitoba about 100 km south-west of Winnipeg and 133 km north of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,123 residents. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Rhineland. Much of the surrounding area is devoted to farming and agriculture-based business. Its sister city is Emerald, Queensland, Australia. Every year a Sunflower Festival is held in which a young woman in the community is crowned the Sunflower Queen and gets a flight to Emerald for free to participate in the Sunflower Festival held there.
Population: 3,613
Latitude: 49° 06' 16.88" N
Longitude: -97° 33' 34.60" W
The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement) was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk on 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi) of land. This land was granted to him by the Hudson's Bay Company, which is re…
Winkler (49°10′54″N97°56′25″W) is a small city with a population of 10,670 (2011 federal census) located in southern Manitoba, Canada in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. It is one hundred kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.
Pembina /ˈpɛmbɨnə/ is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
Altona is a predominantly Mennonite town in southern Manitoba about 100 km south-west of Winnipeg and 133 km north of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,123 residents. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Rhi…
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation is a First Nation in southern Manitoba, Canada.
Gretna is a former town in south-central Manitoba, Canada that is located within the Municipality of Rhineland.
Neche (/ˈnɪtʃiː/ NICH-ee) is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. It sits on the banks of the Pembina River.
Plum Coulee is a former town located in Manitoba, Canada that is located within the Municipality of Rhineland. It is west of Altona, one hour southwest of Winnipeg and half an hour from the United States border. It is also the former home to the Plu…
St. Leon Wind Farm is Manitoba's first wind farm, in St. Leon, Manitoba, Canada. In the first phase 63 wind turbines were erected over a 93-square-kilometre (36 sq mi) area, capable of delivering 99 megawatts (MW).
The Roseau River is a 214-mile-long (344 km) tributary of the Red River of the North, in southern Manitoba in Canada and northwestern Minnesota in the United States.
The Pembina River is a tributary of the Red River of the North, approximately 319 miles (513 km) long, in southern Manitoba in Canada and northeastern North Dakota in the United States. It drains an area (about 8500 square kilometers) of the prairie…
Noyes is an unincorporated community in St. Vincent Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. Located in the extreme northwestern corner of the state on the Canada-United States border, it was an important border-crossing location going ba…
St. Jean Baptiste is a small community in Manitoba.
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Dominion City is a community in the Rural Municipality of Franklin in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in south central Manitoba about 20 kilometres from the Canada-U.S.
Stanley is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. The municipality had a 2011 Census population of…
Montcalm is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is located in the southern part of the province, along its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. The 2006 Census reported a population of 1,317 …
Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI) is a private high school located in Gretna, Manitoba. It has approximately 135 students from grade 7 to 12, teaching the curriculum requirements of Manitoba Education within a Christian/Anabaptist setting. Its ma…