Rural Municipality of Stuartburn

Stuartburn is a rural municipality located in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,629 according to the Canada 2006 Census. It is home to the Ukrainian-Canadian village of Stuartburn. It is located along the United States of America border in the state of Minnesota.

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the rural municipality has an area of 1,161.65 km² (448.52 sq mi). There are no separately incorporated cities, towns, or villages within the municipality. A small portion of Sandilands Provincial Forest lies in its northeast corner.

Adjacent rural municipalities and counties

Communities

Vagrant Community

Since 2011, a cult-like vagrant group makes an annual pilgrimage to a shack in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn. The group worked to dismantle the shack by throwing objects, such as lawn chairs and axes at it. In 2017, the shack finally collapsed. To commemorate this, underground celebrity bluegrass singer Stoagy Roach was invited to perform music atop the befallen shack. It is expected that the vagrant group will begin rebuilding the shack during their 2019 visit to Stuartburn. A short documentary was made about the group in 2017.[1]

References
  1. M3T1CULOUS (2017-05-16), Stuartburn Trailer, retrieved 2019-03-03


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