| Official Name: | Grosse Isle |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Grosse Isle in Manitoba |
| Coordinates: | 50.0639°N -97.4419°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rural Municipality of Rockwood |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Rural Municipality of Rosser |
| Leader Title: | MP (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) |
| Leader Name: | James Bezan (CPC) |
| Leader Title1: | MLA (Lakeside) |
| Leader Name1: | Trevor King (PC) |
| Leader Title2: | Reeve (R.M. of Rockwood) |
| Leader Name2: | Wes Taplin |
| Leader Title3: | Reeve (R.M of Rosser) |
| Leader Name3: | Frances Smee |
| Leader Title4: | Councillors |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 245 |
| Elevation Ft: | 804 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | R0C 1G0 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Grosse Isle is a rural community 13km (08miles) north-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is partially in the Rural Municipality of Rosser and partially in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. The name is from the French "Grosse Île", meaning big island.[2]
French hunters were the first to refer to the area as "Grosse Isle." The name, which translates to "Large Island," was chosen because the tract of land was heavily wooded and surrounded by a swamp, creating the appearance of an island. The name began to be more widely used during the 1852 flood, when people fleeing floodwaters sought refuge on "the island". In 1904, a Canadian National Railway point was established there.
Grosse Isle is home to a heritage railway Prairie Dog Central Railway[3] and a heritage site encompassing a school, church, prairie home, caboose and picnic spaces.[4] [5]
In 2014, the Western TV show The Pinkertons was filmed in Grosse Isle.[6] Grosse Isle was among the Manitoba filming locations for the 2022 Christmas movie We Wish You a Married Christmas. [7]