Английская Википедия:Gilbert Plains
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Redirect Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use Canadian English Шаблон:Infobox settlement Gilbert Plains is an unincorporated urban community in the Gilbert Plains Municipality, Manitoba, Canada, that was classified as a town prior to January 1, 2015.
It is situated on the Valley River, in the Parkland Region between Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park.[1]
Gilbert Plains was featured during season 3 of the CBC program Still Standing.[2] The episode originally aired on September 5, 2017.
History
Incorporated in 1906, the original townsite was some miles to the south. The community was named for Gilbert Ross, a Métis man who was living in the region when the first European settler, Glenlyon Campbell, arrived.
On 1 January 2015, the Town of Gilbert Plains relinquished its town status when it amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains to form the Gilbert Plains Municipality.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gilbert Plains had a population of 773 living in 356 of its 407 total private dwellings, a change of Шаблон:Percentage from its 2016 population of 785. With a land area of Шаблон:Cvt, it had a population density of Шаблон:Pop density in 2021.[4]
Media
A local newspaper, The Exponent, serviced both Gilbert Plains and its neighboring town, Grandview. The Exponent closed on 24 February 2017, after 117 years of operation.[5]
Transportation
The community is located on Highway 5 and the CN railway line between Dauphin and Grandview, approximately Шаблон:Convert northwest of Winnipeg. Gilbert Plains railway station receives Via Rail service.[6] The community previously had an airport.[7]
Climate
See also
References
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