Holland, Manitoba
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Holland, Manitoba is a community in the Rural Municipality of Victoria
, in Manitoba
.
It is located at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 34
, along the Canadian Pacific Railway
tracks.
It lies south of the Assiniboine River
, at an elevation of 380 metres (1,246.7 ft). Spruce Woods Provincial Park
is located north-west of the community. It has a population of approx. 400 people. Community facilities include an Elementary School, a public library, Fire Department, a supermarket, a convenience store, a hardware, a post office and a medical clinic. Residents of Holland are known as "Hollanders". Holland is the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality.
Victoria, Manitoba
The Rural Municipality of Victoria lies in south-central Manitoba, Canada. Victoria is named for Queen Victoria.-External links:*...
, in 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 at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 34
Manitoba Highway 34
Provincial Trunk Highway 34 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the U.S. border to PTH 16 at the town of Gladstone....
, along the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
tracks.
It lies south of the Assiniboine River
Assiniboine River
The Assiniboine River is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley in some places and a steep valley in...
, at an elevation of 380 metres (1,246.7 ft). Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Spruce Woods Provincial Park is located in south-central Manitoba, Canada. This park has large sand dunes and the Assiniboine River passes through it.-History:The park was established in 1970...
is located north-west of the community. It has a population of approx. 400 people. Community facilities include an Elementary School, a public library, Fire Department, a supermarket, a convenience store, a hardware, a post office and a medical clinic. Residents of Holland are known as "Hollanders". Holland is the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality.