Elm Creek, Manitoba
Encyclopedia
Elm Creek is a small community, about 50 km west of Winnipeg, Manitoba
, and about 35 km southeast of Portage la Prairie
, Manitoba
. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Grey
. It is home to the second largest fire hydrant
in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day
, 2001. It is also the home of the second largest H4 chondrite (a class of stony meteorite) ever found in Canada. The 8.2-kg mass was found by a local grader driver on a rural road in 1997.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, and about 35 km southeast of Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
-Transportation:Portage la Prairie railway station is served by Via Rail with both The Canadian and Winnipeg – Churchill trains calling at the station....
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Grey
Grey, Manitoba
Grey is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered village of St. Claude lies within the borders of the municipality, near its southwest corner.-External links:*...
. It is home to the second largest fire hydrant
Fire hydrant
A fire hydrant , is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water...
in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day
Canada Day
Canada Day , formerly Dominion Day , is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act , which united three British colonies into a single country, called Canada, within the British Empire...
, 2001. It is also the home of the second largest H4 chondrite (a class of stony meteorite) ever found in Canada. The 8.2-kg mass was found by a local grader driver on a rural road in 1997.
Climate
External links
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- Elm Creek School