Pilot Mound, Manitoba
Encyclopedia
Pilot Mound is a town of about 700 people in the Canadian province of Manitoba
. It is located about 60 km west of the town of Morden
. Pilot Mound is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Louise
.
The town has featured heavily as a finalist in CBC Television
's Kraft Hockeyville 2008 competition.
It is the birthplace of NHL
hall of famer Black Jack Stewart.
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 about 60 km west of the town of Morden
Morden, Manitoba
Morden is a small town with a population of 6571 located in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, Canada. Morden is less than ten minutes west of neighbouring Winkler, and a relatively short distance to Pembina Valley Provincial Park...
. Pilot Mound is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Louise
Louise, Manitoba
Louise is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It is located in the southern part of the province, on the border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. The 2006 Census reported a population of 819 persons, a 17.2% decline from the 2001 Census figure of...
.
Sports
Pilot Mound is home to the Pilot Mound Pilots ice hockey team who play in the Tiger Hills Hockey League.The town has featured heavily as a finalist in CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's Kraft Hockeyville 2008 competition.
It is the birthplace of NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
hall of famer Black Jack Stewart.