Gypsumville

Gypsumville is a community in Manitoba, Canada. It is 242 kilometres north-northwest of Winnipeg in the Interlake Region of Manitoba on the north bank of Lake St. Martin in the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale.

Gypsumville
Gypsumville
Location of Gypsumville in Manitoba
Coordinates: 51°46′8″N 98°38′5″W
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
RegionInterlake
Census DivisionNo. 18
Government
 • MPJames Bezan
 • MLADerek Johnson
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code
R0C 1J0
Area code(s)204
NTS Map062O15
GNBC CodeGAKCE

There are 285 people living in and 175 housing units within the community.[1]

History

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 a railhead on the Whitemud River at south end of the lake, near the present community of Westbourne.[2]

In 1912, the Canadian Northern Railway, which later became part of Canadian National Railway, built a rail line in to Gypsumville along the CN Oak Point subdivision.

Both of the railway lines are now abandoned with CN closing their line in 1992.[3]

CFS Gypsumville

In 1962 RCAF Station Gypsumville was opened in town as a Pinetree Line radar station by the RCAF and supported as a mini-base until 1987 when the then Canadian Forces Station Gypsumville closed down.[4]

References
  1. Broadband.gc.ca: Community profile
  2. William Martin (1856-1932) Manitoba Historical Society.
  3. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/business/cnr.shtml
  4. http://militarybruce.com/abandoned-canadian-military-bases/pinetree-line/manitoba/
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