Bowsman

Bowsman
Bowsman Location of Bowsman in Manitoba
Coordinates: 52°08′27″N 101°07′21″W / 52.1409°N 101.1226°W / 52.1409; -101.1226
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated	1949
Population (2006)
• Total	315

Bowsman is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. The community is 16 kilometres north of the Town of Swan River. Bowsman was originally incorporated as a village in 1949.

History

Bowsman School, 1914

J.B. Tyrell, a surveyor, came up with the name "Bowsman" after the first man out of the bow of the boat who touched the land. Bowsman was originally known as "Bowsman River" because of the river. They switched the name from Bowsman River to Bowsman because they felt that there were too many communities in the valley that had river in their name.

Bowsman's claim to fame is the "Biffy Burning". This happened on New Year's Eve as part of the celebration for Canada's Centennial Year, which was in 1967. The community's residents burned their outhouses to celebrate the arrival of sewer service to the community. Apparently Bowsman's postal code was changed to R0L 0H0 which stands for "Roll Our Loyal Out Houses Over" in honour of this event.

Economy

The economy is supported by agriculture and logging. Currently the community offers a grocery store, a hotel with restaurant and lounge, K–8 school, hockey arena, curling rink, library, post office, and fire hall.

External links

The Pas
Birch River

Whitefish Lake

Craigsford

Bowsman

Swan River

Subdivisions of Manitoba

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Municipalities Communities Indian reserves Population centres Designated places

Cities	Brandon Dauphin Flin Flon Morden Portage la Prairie Selkirk Steinbach Thompson Winkler Winnipeg

Towns	Altona Arborg Beausejour Carberry Carman Churchill Gillam Grand Rapids Lac du Bonnet Leaf Rapids Lynn Lake Melita Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Niverville The Pas Powerview-Pine Falls Snow Lake Ste. Anne Swan River Teulon Virden Winnipeg Beach Former towns: Birtle Boissevain Deloraine Emerson Erickson Gilbert Plains Gladstone Grandview Gretna Hamiota Hartney MacGregor Manitou Minitonas Oak Lake Pilot Mound Plum Coulee Rapid City Rivers Roblin Rossburn Russell Souris Sainte Rose du Lac Treherne

Villages	Dunnottar St-Pierre-Jolys Former villages: Benito Binscarth Bowsman Cartwright Crystal City Elkhorn Ethelbert Glenboro McCreary Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Riverton Somerset St. Claude St. Lazare Waskada Wawanesa Winnipegosis

Portal:Manitoba

Coordinates: 52°14′09″N 101°12′26″W / 52.23583°N 101.20722°W / 52.23583; -101.20722

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