Margaret, Manitoba Explained

Margaret
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Pushpin Map:Canada Manitoba
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Margaret in Manitoba
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Westman
Subdivision Type3:Census Division
Subdivision Name3:No. 5
Leader Title1:Governing Body
Leader Name1:RM of Prairie Lakes
Leader Title2:MP
Leader Name2:Larry Maguire
Leader Title3:MLA
Leader Name3:Grant Jackson
Unit Pref:Metric
Coordinates:49.4056°N -99.8558°W
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Area Code:204
Blank1 Name:NTS Map
Blank2 Name:GNBC Code
Blank2 Info:GBACH

Margaret is an unincorporated place in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes (previously Rural Municipality of Riverside) in southwestern Manitoba.[1] It is located on Manitoba Highway 346, north of Manitoba Highway 23, about midway between Dunrea, to its east, and Minto, to its west.[2]

Attractions

Margaret is home to the Margaret school monument, a cairn that commemorates all the schools that once operated in the vicinity. Margaret was once home to both a Manitoba Pool elevator and a United Grain Growers elevator. The Pool elevator ran from 1928 until 1981, before being closed down and later demolished. The UGG elevator ran from 1926 until 1977 and was also later demolished.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GeoSearch2006. Statistics Canada. November 3, 2013. February 16, 2009.
  2. Web site: Google Maps. November 3, 2013.