Okno is a small community located in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, [1] 16 km north of Arborg, Manitoba Canada.
Historically settled by Icelandic and Ukrainian settlers [2] , since the 1970s the area has increasingly been settled by Mennonites. It is home to the Interlake Mennonite Fellowship Church and the Interlake Mennonite Fellowship School.
Steinbach is a city located about 58 km south-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. According to the Canada 2016 Census, Steinbach has a population of 15,829, making it the third-largest city in Manitoba and the largest community in the Eastman region. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Hanover to the north, west, and south, and the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie to the east. Steinbach was first settled by Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from the Russian Empire in 1874, whose descendants continue to have a significant presence in the city today. Steinbach is found on the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, while Sandilands Provincial Forest is a short distance east of the city.
Interlake is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the 1981 provincial election. Previously, much of the Interlake region was included in the constituency of St. George. As its name implies, Interlake is located between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, in the mid-northern section of the province.
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with an enrollment of 1607 students. The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as Menno Simons College and a campus at The University of Winnipeg.
Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1976 to 1987, and since 1997.
Reinfeld is an Unincorporated Urban Community (UUC) in the Rural Municipality of Stanley in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, about one km east of Winkler. Mainly a Mennonite community, its relative vicinity to Winkler makes it a possible candidate to become a suburb in the future.
The Rural Municipality of Bifrost is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 1, 1907. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Village of Riverton to form the Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton.
Manitoba's Interlake is a region that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities, one city, six towns and one village, Dunnottar. The largest population centre in the region is Selkirk. The second largest is the town of Stonewall. The region is divided into three of Statistics Canada's census divisions of Canada: Manitoba Census Divisions No. 13, No. 14, and No. 18, which together had a population of 91,743 at the 2016 census. The total land area of the region is 15,855.37 km².
Rosenort is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Manitoba located about 17 kilometres from Morris and about 47 kilometres south of Winnipeg. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Morris which had a population of 3,047 inhabitants in 2016.
Peguis First Nation is the largest First Nations community in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of approximately 10,300 people. The reserve is located approximately 190 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The members of Peguis are of Saultaux (Ojibway) and Cree descent. The First Nation is named after Peguis, the chief who led a band of Saultaux people from present-day Sault Ste. Marie Ontario area to a Cree settlement at Netley Creek Manitoba and later to present-day East Selkirk Manitoba. The reserve is currently located about 170 km northwest of the original reserve. It was moved to its present location in 1907 after an illegal land transfer.
Census Division No. 14 South Interlake is part of the Interlake Region of the province of Manitoba, Canada. The district is served by the retail service centres of Stonewall and Teulon. The economy of the area is based on agriculture, livestock and poultry. The population of the division was 18,118 as of the 2006 census.
Census Division No. 18 North Interlake is part of the Interlake Region of the province of Manitoba, Canada. The economy of the region is based on agriculture, livestock and manufacturing. The population of the area as of the 2006 census was 23,861. The division contains all of the south basin of Lake Manitoba, and borders the west shore of the north basin. It also contains Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park at its northeast corner. Also included in the division are the main reserves of the Lake Manitoba First Nation, the Little Saskatchewan First Nation, and the Pinaymootang First Nation.
Armstrong is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It lies in the southern area of the Interlake and was named after James William Armstrong, a Manitoba politician.
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880 and later absorbed the neighbouring RM of Douglas in January 1891. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the towns of Gretna and Plum Coulee to form the Municipality of Rhineland.
The Rural Municipality of Siglunes is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on April 1, 1919. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Eriksdale to form the Municipality of West Interlake.
Fisher Bay is a community in the Interlake Region of Manitoba.
The Rural Municipality of Eriksdale is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was incorporated as a rural municipality on 22 March 1918. It ceased on 1 January 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the RM of Siglunes to form the Municipality of West Interlake.
The Rural Municipality of St. Laurent is located in the Interlake Region of Manitoba and has Lake Manitoba as its western boundary and is serviced by Manitoba Highway 6. The community of St. Laurent lies within its boundaries.
The Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation is a band of Chippewa Indigenous Peoples in the Interlake Region of Manitoba. The Reserves associated with this band are Jackhead 43 and Jackhead 43A. Jackhead has a population of 600. The on-reserve the population is under 200.
Royden Loewen is a retired Canadian History Professor and Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg. As a prominent historian in the field of Mennonite history, his book about the Mennonite Communities 1850-1930 is a leading publication about the emigration waves from south Russia to Canada.