McAuley is a community northwest of Virden, Manitoba

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"....

 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. The post office was named Rutherglen until 1906, referencing a location in Scotland from where some of the settlers had emigrated.