MINNEDOSA, MANITOBA

'Minnedosa' is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba near . The name means "flowing water" in Sioux. The population of Minnedosa as defined by the 2001 Statistics Canada Census is 2,426.

Contents

History

Tourist sites

Local media

Television

External links

History

The first white settler in the area was John Tanner, when he arrived in 1869. Tanner ran a ferry service across the Little Saskatchewan River. Eventually, with the arrival of the railway, the ferry became obsolete, but a small town was started nearby. A dam was built nearby between 1910 and 1912, and this created Minnedosa Lake. The current mayor (as of June, 2005) is Duane Lacoste.
Minnedosa was the first site in the Province of Manitoba to generate its own hydroelectric power by damming the Little Saskatchewan River.

Tourist sites

★ Buffalo Park - located south of the Minnedosa Dam on PTH 262.

★ Bowling Alley on Main Street - all six alleys are five-pin.

★ Train Park located on the east side of Main Street Minnedosa.

★ Numerous playgrounds - 3 at beach.

★ Nature Trail - 20 minute walk through wooded area adjacent to Buffalo Compound. Has a swinging bridge as well as a viewing tower.

★ Heritage Park - A complex containing several buildings relating to the history of Minnedosa and its surrounding area.

★ Lookout Tower - Approximately 40 foot tower on top of a steep hill. Overlooks entire valley.

★ Minnedosa is also the site of an annual event, called Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa.

Local media

Television

★ CKND-TV2 Channel 2 (Global)

★ CKYB Channel 4 (CTV)

★ CKX-TV Channel 5 (A-Channel, CBC)

★ ACCESS-12 Channel 12 (Local Community Programming)

★ CBWFT-10 Channel 21 (Radio-Canada)

External links

★ Town of Minnedosa Community Profile

★ Official Website