Woodworth, Manitoba
Encyclopedia
Woodworth is a rural municipality
in the province of Manitoba
in Western Canada
. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Indian reserve
is located by its southeast corner.
Rural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...
in the province 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...
in Western Canada
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...
. The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Sioux Valley First Nation
Sioux Valley First Nation is a First Nation, they are the Dakota people of the Sioux that reside west of Brandon, Manitoba. The Sioux Valley First Nation has a total population of around 2,400...
Indian reserve
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
is located by its southeast corner.
External links
- Map of Woodworth R.M. at Statcan
- Dorthy Vipond, Proudly we speak: a history of the Rural Municipality of Woodworth, Woodworth Centennial Committee, 1967, http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=482986