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The Interlake Spectator was a local news publication for the Gimli, Manitoba area. Founded in 1972, the paper was one of many Manitoba publications owned by Postmedia Network . On May 7, 2020, Postmedia announced that the newspaper would cease publication.
The current-day Interlake-Gimli constituency is the successor to the former riding of Interlake, which had been in effect since 1981. [2] [3]Following the 2018 riding redistribution, its boundary expanded to include the now-defunct riding of Gimli (with the communities of Gimli, Winnipeg Beach, and Riverton), thereby changing its name from "Interlake" to "Interlake-Gimli". [3]
Provincial Road 222 (PR 222) is a provincial road in the Interlake Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba.Essentially a northerly continuation of Highway 9, the road extends for 42.6 kilometres (26.5 mi) along the western shore of Lake Winnipeg between the communities of Gimli and Riverton.
Teulon is located in the Selkirk—Interlake electoral district with one Member of Parliament (MP). The district's current MP is James Bezan (Teulon) of the Conservative Party of Canada. The Winnipeg-Interlake division of the Senate is represented by Janis Johnson who was appointed by Brian Mulroney, and is a member of the Conservative Party of ...
Prior to the 2019 Manitoba general election, Interlake was abolished and its area was redistributed to the new riding of Interlake-Gimli. In 1996, the riding's population was 18,653. In 1999, the average family income was $32,570, and the unemployment rate was 10.60%. Twenty-two per cent of the riding's residents are listed as low-income.
The Hnausa portion of the Manitoba Icelandic festival was held at the park before Gimli became the sole location of the festival activities. [5] [3] Ownership of the land was passed to the province in 1959 and it was declared a provincial park in 1961. [3] It is 10 ha (25 acres) in size. [6]
The Rural Municipality of Gimli was first settled by a large group of Icelandic settlers who arrived in New Iceland on Lake Winnipeg in the 1870s. [3] Other settlements established beyond the community of Gimli with further fisheries based settlements at Arnes, Hnausa, Beyond the borders of Manitoba as it was then, this settlement fell within the District of Keewatin, until 1881 when Manitoba ...
Camp Morton Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Gimli. [1] [2] It is 250.23 hectares (0.9661 sq mi) in size. [2] It was designated as a provincial park in 1974. [2] The park is located in the Gimli eco-district within the Interlake Plain eco ...