Glenella, Manitoba

Glenella is a community within the Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne. It is located northeast of Neepawa and was designated a post office and a CNR point in 1897. Its name came from a Miss Ella Williams with the addition of the "glen". The R.M. was created in 1920 and amalgamated in 2015.

Railway station

Glenella is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train.^[1]

Preceding station	Via Rail			Following station
McCreary toward Churchill		Winnipeg–Churchill		Plumas toward Winnipeg
Former services
Preceding station	Canadian National Railway			Following station
Glencairn toward Calgary		Calgary – Winnipeg		Tenby toward Winnipeg

Notable people

• Stephen Patrick - Politician and athlete.^[2]

References

1. "Glenella train station - VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
2. "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2013.

• Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 93) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

50°33′25″N 99°11′34″W