Grosse Isle is a rural community 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) north-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is partially in the Rural Municipality of Rosser and partially in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. The name is from the French "Grosse Île", meaning big island.[2]
Grosse Isle | |
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Village | |
Grosse Isle Location of Grosse Isle in Manitoba | |
Coordinates: 50°03′50″N 97°26′31″W / 50.06389°N 97.44194°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Municipality | Rural Municipality of Rockwood |
Municipality | Rural Municipality of Rosser |
Government | |
• MP (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) | James Bezan (CPC) |
• MLA (Lakeside) | Trevor King (PC) |
• Reeve (R.M. of Rockwood) | Wes Taplin |
• Reeve (R.M of Rosser) | Frances Smee |
• Councillors | Councillors |
Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Postal Code | R0C 1G0 |
French hunters were the first to call the area “Grosse Isle,” so named because it was a large tract of wooded land surrounded by a swamp—thus a kind of island. The name began to be more widely used during the 1852 flood, when people fleeing floodwaters sought refuge on "the island". In 1904, a Canadian National Railway point was established there.[2]
Grosse Isle is home to a heritage railway Prairie Dog Central Railway[3] and a heritage site encompassing a school, church, prairie home, caboose and picnic spaces.[4][5]
In 2014, the Western TV show The Pinkertons was filmed in Grosse Isle.[6] Grosse Isle was among the Manitoba filming locations for the 2022 Christmas movie We Wish You a Married Christmas. [7]