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Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet
Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lac du Bonnet is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada, situated between the Nopiming Provincial Park to the northeast and Whiteshell Provincial Park to the southeast.
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Lac Du Bonnet | |
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Rural municipality | |
Rural Municipality of Lac Du Bonnet | |
![]() Aerial view of RM Lac du Bonnet | |
![]() Location of the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50.23833°N 96.07556°W / 50.23833; -96.07556 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Eastman |
Census division | 1 |
Incorporated | 1917 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Loren Schinkel |
Area | |
• Land | 1,097.61 km2 (423.79 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,563 |
• Density | 2.8/km2 (7/sq mi) |
Website | rmoflacdubonnet |
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The separately-administered town of Lac du Bonnet lies within the borders of the municipality. It also mostly encircles the Pinawa local government district in the municipality's southeast part. A large portion of the municipality includes waters of the Winnipeg River and its tributaries.[2]
The RM contains the southern part of Manitoba's Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest and the northern part of Agassiz Provincial Forest, although most of these forests lie in other RMs.