Glenboro ( ) is a village in Manitoba, Canada, located about 80 km southeast of the city of Brandon, in the Rural Municipality of South Cypress. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Brandon is a City in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding area is often referred to as " Westman " In the 2001 Census it had a population of 656. The village is the meeting place of the council for the municipality and is a service center for the surrounding farming community.
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History
The Glenboro area was visited early in western exploration, possibly as early as the 1730s when the La Verendryes travelled to the Missouri and beyond. History records that the explorer and geographer David Thompson passed through the area in 1798 and made note of the quality of soil. David Thompson ( April 30, 1770 &ndash February 10, 1857) was an English-Canadian fur trader surveyor and map-maker known The first permanent European settlers of the area (Jonas Christie and James Duncan) arrived in 1879, and after the federal Homestead Act passed in 1880, many more settlers arrived in the area, including a number of Icelandic settlers between 1889 and 1894. This article is about the history of Iceland and the areas comprising modern day Iceland. The arrival of the CPR in 1886 prompted Christie and Duncan to offer land for a town site. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( The Queens Hotel was the first permanent building of the village, constructed in 1881, and survives into the 21st century.
In 1950 the community was formally incorporated as a village.
Steam riverboats were in use on the Assiniboine River between 1875 and 1885. The Assiniboine River is a long River that runs through the Prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The bow timbers of the last of this "prairie navy" are preserved in a park in Glenboro. The SS Alpha ran aground on April 27, 1885. By this time the advent of the railway had displaced riverboats for transport of passengers, HBC trade goods, agricultural supplies, and grain between Southern Manitoba communities and larger centers such as Winnipeg. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population A 1904 water tower was installed for watering steam locomotives. The tower was declared both a federal and a provincial heritage site in September 1996. One of the few remaining water towers in Canada, it was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of April 4, 2008.
The village was connected to the Manitoba electrical grid in 1927, and is the northern terminus of a 260 km, 230 kV electrical transmission line to Harvey, North Dakota, USA. Founded in 1961 Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba.
Economic activities
The village provides services to the surrounding farms such as a grain elevator, farm equipment dealers, and agricultural suppliers. History Grain elevators are a common sight in the grain-growing areas of the world such as the North American Prairies Larger terminal elevators are Tourism is a secondary source of income, due to the nearby Spruce Woods Provincial Park and the Glenboro Golf and Country Club. Spruce Woods Provincial Park is located in south-central Manitoba, Canada.
The Community
- An 11-bed hospital
- Glenboro has had a 9 hole golf course since 1922, with all grass greens since 1970 and with a new clubhouse constructed in 1987. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for A golf course consists of a series of holes each consisting of a Teeing ground, Fairway, rough and other hazards and a green with a pin and cup all designed for
- Glenboro Airport is a nearby unpaved airfield suitable for light aircraft. Glenboro Airport,, is located southwest of Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada.
- Glenboro School is a kindergarten to Grade 12 school, currently with around 230 pupils and 17 staff, and has offered high school courses since 1973. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution
- CFB Shilo
- Museum
- Sara the Camel has stood at the side of Highway No. Canadian Forces Base Shilo (or CFB Shilo) is an Operations and Training base of the Canadian Forces, located 35 km east of Brandon Manitoba. 2 since 1978, in tribute to the nearby Manitoba Desert.
Notable people of Glenboro
- John Harvard journalist, politician, and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- Scott Young journalist, sports reporter, radio and television broadcaster, served during World War II in the Canadian Navy. Scott Young ( April 14, 1918 &ndash June 12, 2005) was a Canadian Journalist, Sportswriter, Novelist World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For the history of Canada's naval forces after 1968 see Canadian Forces Maritime Command The Royal Canadian Navy ( RCN) was the
- Ab Gowanlock, McDonald Brier Canadian national curling champion 1938 and 1953. The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly the Brier, is the annual Canadian Men 's Curling championship sanctioned by the Curling is a team Sport with similarities to Bowls and Shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared
- Lee Hambleton 1939-2005 Broadcaster and oenophile. Oenophilia (ˌɛnoʊˈfɪliə roughly eh-no-fill-ee-uh) originally from Greek, is the love ( philia) of Wine ( Oinos
- R. W. Lawson, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada
- Charlotte Oleson, Manitoba politician
- Henry Einarson Manitoba politician
- Oscar Bjornson Manitoba politician
- James Christie Manitoba politician
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Charlotte Oleson (born May 17, 1932 in Minnedosa, Manitoba) is a Politician in Manitoba Canada. Henry John Einarson ( September 11, 1918 in Glenboro, Manitoba – January 8, 1992) was a Politician in Manitoba Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (born February 14, 1906 in Glenboro, Manitoba, died August 13, 1972) was a Politician James Lyall Christie (born June 9, 1891 in Glenboro, Manitoba; died January 19, 1953) was a politician in ManitobaDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic