Archie, Manitoba
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Archie is a rural municipality
in the Province of Manitoba which lies northwest of Virden
.
Archie was named in 1883 after Archie McDonald, a chief factor with the Hudsons Bay Company at Fort Ellice
. Its economic base is primarily agriculture and the geography includes the Assiniboine River and related valleys. It is about 345 square kilometres and the largest centre is McAuley
.
Rural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...
in the Province of Manitoba which lies northwest of Virden
Virden, Manitoba
Virden, Manitoba is a town in southwestern Manitoba. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba"....
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Archie was named in 1883 after Archie McDonald, a chief factor with the Hudsons Bay Company at Fort Ellice
Fort Ellice
Fort Ellice was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post built in 1831 in Rupert's Land near the junction of the Assiniboine and Qu'Appelle rivers. The fort was located in what is now west-central Manitoba, Canada, just east of that province's border with Saskatchewan.It was an important fort, as it was...
. Its economic base is primarily agriculture and the geography includes the Assiniboine River and related valleys. It is about 345 square kilometres and the largest centre is McAuley
McAuley, Manitoba
McAuley is a community northwest of Virden, Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Archie.The community was named after George W. McAuley who was the townsite owner. It was a railway point for the Canadian Pacific railway...
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