Badger, Manitoba

Badger, Manitoba is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Piney, Manitoba province of Canada. The community, whose elevation is 377 m (1,236 ft), lies southwest of Whitemouth Lake, and is surrounded by the Sandilands Provincial Forest.^[1]

It is known for its blueberry crop. Settlers also trapped and hunted to supplement their income.^[1]

History

Badger began in 1900 as a railway station along the Manitoba and Southern Railway. In its early days, the community had three grocery stores, a post office (opened in 1904; closed in 1961), a dance hall, school house, section and station houses.^[1]

The community was known to the Canadian National Railway as Summit for their railway point on section 12-3-11E; the school district, called Evergreen, was located on 6-3-12E.