Rural Municipality of Alexander

The Rural Municipality of Alexander (French: Municipalité rurale d'Alexander)^[2] is a rural municipality in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. The town of Powerview-Pine Falls lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the Sagkeeng First Nation Indian reserve.

Alexander
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Alexander
Location of the Rural Municipality of Alexander in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°25′20″N 96°04′30″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Incorporated as a LGD	January 1, 1945
Incorporated as a rural municipality	January 1, 1997
Area
• Total	1,560.05 km2 (602.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	3,854
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Administrative office	St. Georges
Website	www.rmalexander.com

The municipality contains all of Manitoba's Belair Provincial Forest in its westernmost part, plus the northern half of Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest in its central part.

History

It was first incorporated as a Local Government District in 1945 and received its present status as a rural municipality on 1 January 1997. Parts of the RM (Great Falls area) had been under a boil water advisory since April 18, 2006, until a $5-million water treatment plant was installed in September 2019.^[3]

Communities

Community	Location / Notes	Coordinates
Albert Beach[4]	on the shore of Traverse Bay, Lake Winnipeg	50°40′50″N 96°30′49″W
Belair[5]	between Lester Beach and PTH 59	50°36′20″N 96°33′16″W
Bird River[6]	on the Bird River upstream from Lac du Bonnet	50°24′46″N 95°40′46″W
Great Falls[7]	site of the Great Falls Generating Station on the Winnipeg River	50°27′43″N 96°0′35″W
Gull Lake[8]	on Gull Lake	50°24′22″N 96°31′10″W
Hillside Beach[9]	on Hillside Point on Lake Winnipeg	50°40′6″N 96°33′49″W
Lester Beach[10]	north of Grand Beach Provincial Park on Lake Winnipeg	50°35′9″N 96°34′32″W
Pinawa Bay[11]	on the Lee River	50°19′27″N 95°47′31″W
Poplar Bay[12]	near Poplar Bay Provincial Park on Lac du Bonnet	50°22′27″N 95°46′49″W
St. Georges[13]	on the Winnipeg River, upstream from Fort Alexander	50°32′22″N 96°8′56″W
Silver Falls[14]	site of the Silver Falls Airport and Silver Falls Water Aerodrome	50°30′54″N 96°5′56″W
Stead[15]	on PTH 304	50°25′44″N 96°26′47″W
Sunset Bay[16]	on the Lee River	50°20′27″N 95°48′18″W
Traverse Bay[17]	east of Albert Beach, on Traverse Bay, Lake Winnipeg	50°40′24″N 96°29′8″W
White Mud Falls[18]	on the Winnipeg River downstream from Great Falls	50°28′0″N 96°3′55″W

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alexander had a population of 3,854 living in 1,845 of its 4,347 total private dwellings, a change of 15.6% from its 2016 population of 3,333. With a land area of 1,560.05 km² (602.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.5/km² (6.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[19]

See also

• List of francophone communities in Manitoba