Official Name: | Glenlea |
Mapsize: | 205px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
Pushpin Label: | Glenlea |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of St. Adolphe in Manitoba |
Coordinates: | 49.6356°N -97.135°W [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Name2: | Eastman |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1925 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Chris Ewen |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Leader Name1: | Curtis Claydon |
Leader Title2: | Governing Body |
Leader Name2: | Rural Municipality of Ritchot |
Elevation M: | 236 [2] |
Elevation Ft: | 774 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | R0G 0C5 R0G 0S0 [3] |
Leader Title4: | MP (Provencher) |
Leader Name4: | Ted Falk |
Leader Title3: | MLA (Springfield-Ritchot) |
Leader Name3: | Ron Schuler |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Glenlea is a hamlet in Manitoba, Canada. It is named for the farm of C. H. McWatt, the first postmaster of the community, which in turn was presumably named for his home in Scotland.[4]
A post office was opened 1891, and a Canadian National railway point was first noted in 1902.
It is 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south of Winnipeg on Highway 75. It is a predominantly Mennonite area and is home to Glenlea Mennonite Church. Glenlea is part of Ward 3 in the R.M. of Ritchot[5] represented by Curtis Claydon.[6] It is also represented by Ron Schuler[7] in the provincial riding of Springfield-Ritchot[8] and Ted Falk[9] in the federal riding of Provencher.[10]
Glenlea was founded by 20 Mennonite families who arrived from the Soviet Union in 1925.[11]