Erickson is a town in the Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam

Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam

For the small community located in the Rural Municipality of Minto, see Clanwilliam, Manitoba.The Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam is an area of mixed farming positioned on the south side of Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada. The southern part of the municipality is flatter...

 in the Canadian province of 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 on Highway 10 on 32-17-18W in south central Manitoba. The main industry of Erickson is agriculture.

The community was originally established as a Canadian National railway point in 1905. When a post office was opened in 1908 it was known as Avesta

Avesta Municipality

Avesta Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in central part of the country, and its seat is in the town Avesta....

. It was named after a town in south-central Sweden. Shortly after, the post office was moved near the railway station site which was named Erickson Station. The station had been named after the Postmaster, E. Albert Erickson.

External links

• Map of Erickson at Statcan
• http://www.townerickson.ca/ Town/RM of Clanwilliam Website