Bowsman, Manitoba

Bowsman, Manitoba

Bowsman is a village in the Canadian province of Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Swan River. The village is 16 kilometres north of the town of Swan River. Bowsman was incorporated as a village in 1949.

J.B. Tyrell, a surveyor, came up with the name "bowsman" after the first man out of the bow of the boat who touched the land. Bowsman was originally known as "Bowsman River" because of the river. They switched the name from Bowsman River to Bowsman because they felt that there where too many towns in the valley that had river in their name.

The economy is supported by agriculture and logging.

Bowsman has a population of about 400 people. Currently the village offers a grocery store, a hotel with restaurant and lounge, K - 8 school, hockey arena, curling rink, library, post office, and fire hall.


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