Pipestone, Manitoba is a community in South Western 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...

. Located at the corner of highways 2 and 83

Manitoba Highway 83

Provincial Trunk Highway 83 is a major north-south highway that runs in the far western region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It travels from the North Dakota border south of Melita, north through Virden, Birtle, Russell, and Roblin to its northern terminus with PTH 10 just east of Swan River...

, Pipestone is approximately half an hour from either Virden

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"....

 or Melita

Melita, Manitoba

Melita is a town located in the southwestern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Arthur and occupies a bend of the Souris River. The population, as of the 2006 census, is 1,051. It sits at the junction of Highways 3 and 83, approx....

, approximately 70 km (43.5 mi) to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 border and approximately 36 km (22.4 mi) to the Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 border. Mainly an agricultural hub, the primary business is the small cattle market owned and run by Gene Parks.

Pipestone is part of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone

Pipestone, Manitoba (rural municipality)

Pipestone is a rural municipality in the southwestern part of the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Indian reserve lies within the borders of the municipality.-External links:*...

. The office for the municipality is located in Reston

Reston, Manitoba

Reston is a small community in southwestern Manitoba, located near the border of Saskatchewan on the west and North Dakota on the south. It is the biggest town in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, which also includes the towns of Sinclair, Cromer and Pipestone...

, approximately 10 kilometers west on Highway 2.

There is an amateur video of a large destructive tornado that passed through farm fields near Pipestone on June 23, 2007
, and another on July 23, 2008.