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Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census. The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson.
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. [1] Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than 400 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi) to incorporate as a rural municipality. [2]
Thompson is a city in north-central Manitoba, Canada, the largest city and most populated municipality in Northern Manitoba. [ 6 ] Situated along the Burntwood River , Thompson is located 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Lake Winnipeg and 761 km (473 mi) north of the City of Winnipeg .
The largest municipality by land area is the Rural Municipality (RM) of Reynolds at 3,559.65 km 2 (1,374.39 sq mi), while the smallest by land area is the Village of Arborg at 2.22 km 2 (0.86 sq mi). [3] Manitoba's first municipality was the RM of Springfield (originally Springfield-Sunnyside). [10] It was incorporated on September 27, 1873. [11]
Deerwood is a locality in south central Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 31 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Morden, Manitoba [2] in the Rural Municipality of Thompson. The Post Office was established on 2-21-5W in 1895 and closed in 1968.
Rosebank is an unincorporated community in south central Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Morden, Manitoba [ 2 ] in the Rural Municipality of Thompson .
The former RM is located in the southern part of the province, along the border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. The former RM remains famous as the objective chosen by John O'Neill fin 1871 or what would become the last of the Fenian Raids into Canada from the United States.
The original (urban) community of Leaf Rapids is on Manitoba Provincial Road 391, although most of the large official town created later lies east of this community. This town is as large as a typical Rural Municipality in the more southern parts of Manitoba. An all-weather road connects the community to Thompson, Lynn Lake, and South Indian ...