Russell, Manitoba
Unincorporated urban community in Manitoba, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the community in western Manitoba, Canada. For the municipality, see Municipality of Russell – Binscarth. For the former municipality, see Rural Municipality of Russell.
Russell is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth in Manitoba, Canada.
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Russell | |
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Unincorporated urban community | |
Nickname: Manitoba's Ski Town[1] | |
Location of Russell in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°46′51″N 101°17′02″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Parkland |
First settled | 1880 |
Incorporated as a town | 1913 |
Named for | Lord Alexander Russell |
Government | |
• MLA (Swan River) | Rick Wowchuk |
• MP (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) | Dan Mazier |
Area | |
• Total | 3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 556 m (1,823 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,740 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 204, 431, 584 |
Highways | PTH 16 PTH 45 PTH 83 |
Website | Former Town of Russell |
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It is located along PTH 16 and PTH 83, and is at the western terminus of PTH 45. Russell is approximately 15 km (9 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border and 340 km (211 mi) northwest of Winnipeg. The community is home to 1,611 people as of the 2011 census.
The community was designated as a town prior to 1 January 2015, when it and the nearby Village of Binscarth amalgamated with the Rural Municipality of Russell.