Gypsumville, Manitoba

Gypsumville, Manitoba

Gypsumville is a community in north-central Manitoba in Canada. It is located approximately 242 kilometres north-northwest from Winnipeg on the north bank of Lake St. Martin. There are 285 people living in and 175 housing units within the community. [ [http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/1760 Broadbad.gc.ca: Community profile] ]

The community was named Gypsumville after a post office with a same name was opened in 1905. The office was named after the gypsum deposits found in the area. Deposits were discovered in 1888 and by 1890 mining operations begun. A shortline railway was built from Gypsumville to the shore of Lake Manitoba, where the gypsum was transloaded on to barges and shipped to Delta, Manitoba. In 1912 the Canadian National Railway built a rail line in to Gypsumville. Both of the railway lines are now abandoned.

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* [http://www.grahamdale.ca/gypsumville.htm Grahamdale.ca: Gypsumville]


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