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Sifton, Manitoba (rural municipality)
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The Sifton rural municipality is located in the southwestern portion of the province of Manitoba
, with a population of 766. The separately administered town of Oak Lake
is situated along the Trans-Canada Highway
in the northern part of the Sifton Municipality.
Sifton, Manitoba
Sifton is an unincorporated community located in the Canadian province of Manitoba approximately 20 km north of Dauphin in the Parkland area. Large influxes of Ukrainians settled this region in the mid-1890s, part of a mass immigration undertaken by the federal government...
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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...
, with a population of 766. The separately administered town of Oak Lake
Oak Lake, Manitoba
Oak Lake, Manitoba is a town in the south-western "Westman region" of Manitoba, Canada. It is located west of Brandon along the Trans-Canada Highway....
is situated along the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
in the northern part of the Sifton Municipality.
Geography
- Area: 768.27 km² (296.65 mi²)
- Location: Southwest ManitobaManitobaManitoba 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...
- Area Code: +1-204Area code 204204 is the North American telephone area code for the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the province. 204 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the then-nine-province extent of Canada....