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Kirkella
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Kirkella
Location of Kirkella in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°01′26″N101°21′55″W / 50.02389°N 101.36528°W / 50.02389; -101.36528
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Region Westman Region
Census Division No. 6
Rural municipality Wallace
Government
  Governing BodyRural Municipality of Wallace Council
   MP Larry Maguire
   MLA Greg Nesbitt
Elevation
500 m (1,640 ft)
Time zone UTC−6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code
R0M 1A0
Area code 204
NTS Map062K03
GNBC CodeGANNZ

Kirkella is an unincorporated hamlet in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The community was founded on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1898. Kirkella was the name of the farm of local pioneer Thomas Watson, which in turn derived its name from Kirk Ella, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [1]

It is located in the Rural Municipality of Wallace, approximately 103 kilometers (64 miles) west of Brandon. [2]

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References

  1. Penny Ham, Place Names of Manitoba, (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1980), 72
  2. "Geographical Names of Canada - Querying Distances". nrcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

50°01′26″N101°21′55″W / 50.02389°N 101.36528°W / 50.02389; -101.36528