Rural Municipality of Dufferin

Dufferin is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Carman lies near its centre.

The R.M. was named after Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava who was Governor General of Canada (1872-78). The now rural municipality was described as a new settlement in 1874.

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Coordinates: 49°31′55″N 98°04′12″W / 49.53194°N 98.07000°W / 49.53194; -98.07000

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