Snowflake, Manitoba
Encyclopedia
Snowflake is a small community in Manitoba
. It is the birthplace of ice hockey
player Justin Falk
and was the first ecclesiastical posting for the sixth Bishop of Calgary
, George Reginald Calvert
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 the birthplace of ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player Justin Falk
Justin Falk
Justin Falk is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League . He was a fourth round selection of the Wild, 110th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft...
and was the first ecclesiastical posting for the sixth Bishop of Calgary
Anglican Diocese of Calgary
The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888...
, George Reginald Calvert
George Reginald Calvert
George Reginald Calvert was the fourth Bishop of Calgary in the Anglican Church of Canada.Clavert was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1925. He was the incumbent of Snow Flake, Manitoba and then Rector of Holland, Killarney and West Kildoran before becoming Archdeacon of...