Manitoba Junction, Minnesota

Manitoba Junction is an unincorporated community in Highland Grove Township, Clay County, Minnesota, United States.^[1][2] It is named for a railroad junction of the Northern Pacific Railway, where a branch to Winnipeg joined the main line. These tracks are now owned by BNSF Railway.^[3]

Manitoba Junction
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°54′24″N 96°14′51″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Clay
Elevation	1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	654812[1]

Notes

1. "Manitoba Junction, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Minnesota Department of Transportation-Highland Grove Township
3. "Northern Pacific Railway". Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941. p. 1058.

External links

• Upham, Warren, "Manitoba Junction, Minnesota Place Names, p. 122.

Preceding station	Northern Pacific Railway			Following station
Hawley toward Seattle or Tacoma		Main Line		Dale toward St. Paul
Hitterdal toward Winnipeg		Winnipeg – St. Paul		Detroit Lakes toward St. Paul