Sandy Bar, Manitoba

Sandy Bar is a small town located on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

History

Sandy Bar was founded in the 1870s, it was hit by a severe out break of small pox brought by Icelandic settlers who settled at Gimli.^[1] The first and only clerk and secretary appointed to serve the council was F.G. Becher.^[1]

References

1 2 "Proclamation Canada-Keewatin". Vol III No. 121. Manitoba Daily Free Press. November 25, 1876. p. 3.

Subdivisions of Manitoba

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Municipalities Communities Indian reserves Population centres Designated places

Cities	Brandon Dauphin Flin Flon Morden Portage la Prairie Selkirk Steinbach Thompson Winkler Winnipeg

Towns	Altona Arborg Beausejour Carberry Carman Churchill Gillam Grand Rapids Lac du Bonnet Leaf Rapids Lynn Lake Melita Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Niverville The Pas Powerview-Pine Falls Snow Lake Ste. Anne Swan River Teulon Virden Winnipeg Beach Former towns: Birtle Boissevain Deloraine Emerson Erickson Gilbert Plains Gladstone Grandview Gretna Hamiota Hartney MacGregor Manitou Minitonas Oak Lake Pilot Mound Plum Coulee Rapid City Rivers Roblin Rossburn Russell Souris Sainte Rose du Lac Treherne

Villages	Dunnottar St-Pierre-Jolys Former villages: Benito Binscarth Bowsman Cartwright Crystal City Elkhorn Ethelbert Glenboro McCreary Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Riverton Somerset St. Claude St. Lazare Waskada Wawanesa Winnipegosis

Portal:Manitoba

Coordinates: 52°25′N 97°7′W / 52.417°N 97.117°W / 52.417; -97.117

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