Minnedosa, Manitoba
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The Minnedosa Dominion Post Office in downtown Minnedosa.
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| Coordinates: 50°14′43″N 99°50′34″W / 50.24528°N 99.84278°WCoordinates: 50°14′43″N 99°50′34″W / 50.24528°N 99.84278°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Westman |
| Rural Municipality | Minto |
| Incorporated | March 2, 1883 (town) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cody Mashtoler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,587 |
| • Density | 162.2/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Website | Town of Minnedosa |
Minnedosa is a town in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Situated 50 kilometres (32 mi) north of Brandon, Manitoba on the Little Saskatchewan River, the name means "flowing water" in Dakota language. The population of Minnedosa reported in the 2006 Statistics Canada Census was 2,474. The town is located in the Rural Municipality of Minto and bordered to the south by the Rural Municipality of Odanah.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the area of Minnedosa, the land was primarily traveled and used by the nomadic Ojibway, Cree, Assiniboine, and Sioux peoples. John Tanner was the grandson of John Tanner who had been raised by a Shawnee. He was an American settler who arrived in the area in 1869. The younger Tanner was the first Métis settler in the area and ran a ferry service across the Little Saskatchewan River. When a bridge was built in 1879, the ferry became obsolete and at the same time, a small town, Tanner's Crossing, was started nearby. John Armitage moved to the area around this time in 1877, and began to build a sawmill and gristmill. He joined together with Tanner to lay out a new town site and eventually Armitage had accumulated 3,800 acres (15 km2) of property. Tanner named the new town Minnedosa, from the Dakota word mnidúza meaning "flowing water".
Although Minnedosa once hoped to be a site of a river crossing for the Canadian Pacific Railway's transcontinental railway. The honour was initially given to Rapid City, while the actual site of the railway was later settled on a site much further south creating the city of Brandon. In 1883 Minnedosa was incorporated as a town, it had experienced a period of growth from settlement schemes put forth by the Canadian government. As Minnedosa became a town, this coincided with the actual arrival of the railway in 1883, bringing about more growth for the now quickly growing settlement.
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