Ste. Rita, Manitoba

Ste. Rita
Ste. Rita Location of Ste. Rita in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°52′48″N 96°17′44″W / 49.88000°N 96.29556°W / 49.88000; -96.29556Coordinates: 49°52′48″N 96°17′44″W / 49.88000°N 96.29556°W / 49.88000; -96.29556
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Eastman Region
Census Division	No. 1
Government
• Governing Body	Rural Municipality of Reynolds Council
• MP	Vic Toews
• MLA	Dennis Smook
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−5)
Area code(s)	204, 431
NTS Map	062H16
GNBC Code	GAXXN

Ste. Rita is an unincorporated community east of Winnipeg on Manitoba Highway 15. The Post Office was established there as Rita in 1934 on NW34-10-9E and officially became Ste. Rita in 1965 and closed a few years later. The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway passes near the community and the Railway point was known as Craig or Craig Siding. It is part of the Rural Municipality of Reynolds.

Ste Rita was named after the local church. The School District of Craig Siding was located on SE4-11-9E.

References

Geographical Names of Manitoba - Ste. Rita (page 238) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

Division 1, Manitoba (Eastern Manitoba)

Towns	Lac du Bonnet Powerview–Pine Falls

Local government districts	Pinawa

Rural municipalities	Alexander Lac du Bonnet Piney Reynolds Stuartburn Victoria Beach Whitemouth

First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Buffalo Point Iskatewizaagegan 39 Shoal Lake 40

Indian reserves	Buffalo Point 36 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part)

Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division 1

Unincorporated communities	Arbakka Badger Caliento Elma Gardenton Hadashville Hillside Beach Piney Prawda River Hills Ste. Rita St. Georges Seven Sisters Falls South Junction Sprague Stuartburn Sundown Vassar Vita Whitemouth Zhoda (part)

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

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