Beausejour, Manitoba
| Town of Beausejour | |
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 Town of Beausejour
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| Coordinates: 50°03′44″N 96°30′58″W / 50.06222°N 96.51611°WCoordinates: 50°03′44″N 96°30′58″W / 50.06222°N 96.51611°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Eastman |
| Rural Municipality | Brokenhead |
| Established | 1874 |
| Incorporated | 1908 (village) 1912 (town) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brad Saluk |
| • Governing Body | Town Council |
| • MP (Selkirk-Interlake) | James Bezan (CPC) |
| • MLA (Lac du Bonnet) |
Wayne Ewasko (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 251.2 m (824 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,126 |
| • Density | 584.4/km2 (1,514/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Website | Town of Beausejour |
Beausejour is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. It is 46 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, just west of the Canadian Shield and Whiteshell Provincial Park. The French name Beauséjour [beau + séjour] means "beautiful place to live (abide)".
In 1906, the "Manitoba Glass Works" was founded, in a town now known as Beausejour, by Joseph Keilback and his partners. Sustained by a nearby deposit of high quality sand, it was the first glass container factory in Western Canada. Glassblowers from Poland and the United States, supported by local labour, used silica sands to produce bottles for breweries and soft drink companies in Winnipeg. In 1909 it was taken over by a Winnipeg businessman, who expanded production to include jars, medicine bottles, and ink bottles. At its peak, the Manitoba Glass Works employed 100 workers, but because of its inability to compete with Eastern Canadian manufacturers, was purchased in 1913 by a Montreal company and relocated to Redcliff, Alberta. The factory site remains, and was designated as a Provincial Heritage Site (number 41) on 27 September 1989.
In 1912, the Town of Beausejour was incorporated.
It is the birthplace of former Provincial Premier and Governor General Edward Schreyer. Edward Schreyer School is named after him in his honour.
Beausejour was the setting for the 1990 film The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, and was largely filmed there.
Major highways servicing Beausejour are PTH 44 and PTH 12, which run concurrently north of town. From the south, Beausejour can be reached by traveling PTH 12 and Provincial Road 215 east into town or by taking PR 302. PTH 44, PR 215, and PR 302 intersect at the west side of town.
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