Austin, Manitoba

Austin is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district^[1] in western Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway about 110 km (68 mi) west of Winnipeg. It is part of the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk. It sits at the western edge of the table-flat Portage Plains, but to the south and west is surrounded by miles of low wooded hills known as the Carberry sandhills. The biggest attraction is the annual rodeo and Threshermen's Reunion held at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum the last four business days of July.

Austin received its name in 1881 from the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor General of Canada while he was on a western tour during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Many German immigrants of Mennonite religion moved into the Austin Manitoba area.

Austin has an elementary school, a postal office, a curling/hockey rink, two grocery stores and a credit union.

One of the main highlights for the community is the Austin Amateur Hockey League. This is a hockey league that was founded in 2011 with 8 teams. There are currently 12 teams playing in the Austin Amateur Hockey League.^[2] Teams in the AAHL play through the season to win the Corner Cup. Teams that have won the Corner Cup include the Flames, (2012, 2014), the Oliers, (2013), and the Royals, (2015).^[3]

Gallery

Manitoba Agriculture Museum
Manitoba Agriculture Museum
Manitoba Agriculture Museum
Thresherman's Reunion at Manitoba Agriculture Museum

MacGregor/ Portage la Prairie

Austin

Spruce Woods Provincial Park

Holland

Treherne

Division 8, Manitoba (Central Manitoba)

Towns	Gladstone

Rural municipalities	Glenella Glenella–Lansdowne Lakeview Lansdowne Lorne (part) Norfolk Treherne North Norfolk (municipality) North Norfolk (R.M.) South Norfolk Victoria Westbourne WestLake–Gladstone

First Nations	Long Plain Sandy Bay

Indian reserves	Long Plain 6 (part) Sandy Bay 5

Unincorporated communities	Arizona Austin Bagot Cypress River Glenella Holland MacGregor Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Plumas Rathwell Sidney Treherne Waldersee Westbourne

See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

Coordinates: 49°57′01″N 98°56′10″W / 49.95028°N 98.93611°W / 49.95028; -98.93611

References

↑ "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
↑ "AAHL12".
↑ "AAHL12".

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