Carman, Manitoba
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Carman is a small Agricultural town
of about 2,900 people that lies in the Pembina Valley Region
of southern Manitoba
. Carman is located at the junction of Highways 3 and 13
, just 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg
(the capital city of Manitoba
). It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin
. Carman is situated in the heart of a rich prairie agricultural belt, only 60 kilometres north of the United States
border.
events. Each year in early August Carman holds the Carman Fiddle Festival, previously known as the Winston Simpson Fiddle Festival. In February (vocal/choral/speech arts and band/instrumental) and April (piano/strings and dance), Carman hosts the Tempo Festival of the Arts. This includes speech arts, strings
, vocal, choral, piano
and band
classes in association with the Association of Manitoba Music Festivals. One of Manitoba's longest existing choral groups is the Sonatrice Singers. The group has been meeting and performing for over thirty years. This choir
has earned bronze and silver at choralfest Canada as well as Manitoba Provincial honors. The current leader is Cindee Broeska with 40 singers. Their spring concert takes place in early May every year. In addition to this, the Sontrice Singers sing to support the Carman/area Christmas cheer board, Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life, seniors homes, hospitals, schools and other places.
Carman is home to a University of Manitoba
campus as well as the high school Carman Collegiate
Large agricultural businesses include Aubin Nurseries
(perennials, shurbs and trees), and Vanderveens Greenhouses, (annuals) both of which are large Canadian wholesalers of plants.
There is a six-doctor Health Centre in Carman as well.
Carman Ambulance is one of the 14 ambulance services within the Central Regional Health Authority
. There are 4 full-time and approximately 6 casual members. The service area covers about 600 square miles (1,554 km²) and includes the town of Carman, Elm Creek, Stephenfield, Graysville, Roland, Homewood and Sperling. There are 2 ambulances that are fully equipped to handle any medical or traumatic emergency. Coverage is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a very dedicated and professional staff that is highly trained in providing medical care and advanced life support to all in need.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
of about 2,900 people that lies in the Pembina Valley Region
Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba
The Pembina Valley is the name given to the south-central region of the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is named for its major geographical feature - the Pembina Valley which runs through the southwestern part of the region....
of southern Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. Carman is located at the junction of Highways 3 and 13
Manitoba Highway 13
Provincial Highway 13 by the Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation is a Regional Transportation Advisory Committee RTAC Route of Manitoba. The RTAC route is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and...
, just 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
(the capital city of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
). It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin
Dufferin, Manitoba
Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.-External links:*...
. Carman is situated in the heart of a rich prairie agricultural belt, only 60 kilometres north of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
border.
Culture
Carman has several artsARts
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events. Each year in early August Carman holds the Carman Fiddle Festival, previously known as the Winston Simpson Fiddle Festival. In February (vocal/choral/speech arts and band/instrumental) and April (piano/strings and dance), Carman hosts the Tempo Festival of the Arts. This includes speech arts, strings
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
, vocal, choral, piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
classes in association with the Association of Manitoba Music Festivals. One of Manitoba's longest existing choral groups is the Sonatrice Singers. The group has been meeting and performing for over thirty years. This choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
has earned bronze and silver at choralfest Canada as well as Manitoba Provincial honors. The current leader is Cindee Broeska with 40 singers. Their spring concert takes place in early May every year. In addition to this, the Sontrice Singers sing to support the Carman/area Christmas cheer board, Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life, seniors homes, hospitals, schools and other places.
Carman is home to a University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
campus as well as the high school Carman Collegiate
Carman Collegiate
Carman Collegiate, founded in 1964, is the main secondary school in the town of Carman, Manitoba. It consists of over 400 students from grades 7-12. The current principal is Jack Phillips and the vice principal is Garth Shindle. The school is a part of Prairie Rose School Division. The name for all...
Large agricultural businesses include Aubin Nurseries
Aubin Nurseries
Aubin Nurseries is a nursery located in Carman, Manitoba, founded in 1927. Outside of British Columbia, It is the largest producer of trees, shrubs and perennials in Western Canada. From Spring to Fall it supplies garden centers and landscapers throughout Canada and the Northern United States. The...
(perennials, shurbs and trees), and Vanderveens Greenhouses, (annuals) both of which are large Canadian wholesalers of plants.
Climate
Canada's highest humidex record was recorded in Carman in 2007 with an extreme high of 53 (127.4).Carman Memorial Hospital
The 28-bed Carman Memorial Hospital, located at 350 - 4th Street S.W. on the south edge of town, was built in 1982 and is served by six doctors, and staff of 75. It provides family medicine, a surgical program, pediatrics, obstetrics, a dietitian service, physiotherapy, diagnostics services, an internal medicine consultant and an in-house pharmacy.There is a six-doctor Health Centre in Carman as well.
Boyne Lodge
For the elderly and physically disabled, there is the 70-bed Boyne Lodge personal care home, with an attached housing unit for seniors. The members are well respected and kept well entertained with music, arts and crafts.Emergency services
The Carman Fire Department has approximately 20 volunteer firefighters. The department coverage includes both the Town of Carman and the R.M. of Dufferin. The Fire Department is well stocked with 2 Fire Engines and a Rescue Unit including the "Jaws of Life".Carman Ambulance is one of the 14 ambulance services within the Central Regional Health Authority
Central Regional Health Authority
Regional Health Authority - Central Manitoba Inc. is the governing body for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Manitoba. The area region includes the communities within the area of:* Pembina Valley* Red River* Lake Manitoba...
. There are 4 full-time and approximately 6 casual members. The service area covers about 600 square miles (1,554 km²) and includes the town of Carman, Elm Creek, Stephenfield, Graysville, Roland, Homewood and Sperling. There are 2 ambulances that are fully equipped to handle any medical or traumatic emergency. Coverage is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a very dedicated and professional staff that is highly trained in providing medical care and advanced life support to all in need.
Media
- The Valley Leader (newspaper)
- Up until 1964, a 500' transmitter for CBC RadioCBC Radio OneCBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
was located in Carman, Manitoba, at which time a new centralized communications tower at Starbuck, ManitobaStarbuck, ManitobaStarbuck is a small community near the La Salle River, and is located within the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Manitoba.First Nations and Métis people had lived in the area well before the arrival of European families who began settling around Starbuck by 1870...
was constructed to house CBW-AMCBW (AM)CBW is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station broadcasts at AM 990, and this frequency functions as a Class A clear channel under former North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement allocations.-History:...
, CBW-FMCBW-FMCBW-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio 2 station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station broadcasts at 98.3 on the FM dial.-History:Winnipeg's second FM station launched on December 10, 1962 as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW...
, CBWTCBWTCBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....
, and CBWFTCBWFTCBWFT is Radio-Canada's French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is broadcast locally on channel 3 cable 10, and on Bell TV channel 118.-History:...
. In February, 1952 a small plane with 3 passengers struck the Carman tower due to heavy fog. None of the passengers survived. - Numerous movies have been filmed in and around the Town of Carman, including The Defender (1990), We Were The Mulvaneys (2002), One Week (2008), and The Box Collector (2008), starring Margot KidderMargot KidderMargaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder is a Canadian-born American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Lois Lane in the four Superman movies opposite Christopher Reeve, a role that brought her to widespread recognition....
.
Notable residents
- Actor Jack CarsonJack CarsonJohn Elmer "Jack" Carson was a Canadian-born U.S.-based film actor.Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the 'golden age of Hollywood', with a film career spanning the 1930s, '40s and '50s...
was born at 145 Main St. South in Carman in 1910. - Carman is the home town of NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
star Eddie "The Eagle" BelfourEd BelfourEdward John Belfour is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of North Dakota where he helped the school win the NCAA championship in the... - Kelly Hand, Canadian Olympic sailing coach, was born in Carman.
External links
- The Official Town of Carman Website
- The Valley Leader Website (Carman Newspaper)
- Town of Carman Community Profile
- Carman Collegiate (Public High School)
- Carman Elementary (Public Elementary School)
- Carman Country Fair
- Regional Health Authority Central Inc. Manitoba
- Sonatrice Singers
- Tempo Festival of the Arts, Carman, Manitoba
- Carman Fiddle Festival Official Website
- Map of Carman at Statcan