Deerwood | |
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 Monument Commemorating Deerwood School District Number 926 | |
  Deerwood Location of Deerwood in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°23′52″N 98°23′11″W / 49.39778°N 98.38639°W | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Manitoba |
| Region | Pembina Valley |
| Census Division | No. 3 |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Rural Municipality of Thompson Council |
| • MP | Branden Leslie |
| • MLA | Lauren Stone |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 204 |
| NTS Map | 062G08 |
| GNBC Code | GAGJL |
Deerwood is a locality in south central Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 31 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Morden, Manitoba[1] in the Rural Municipality of Thompson.
The Post Office was established on 2-21-5W in 1895 and closed in 1968. It was a railway point on the Northern Pacific Railway and was named by a railway official for the number of deer in a heavily wooded area while railway construction was taking place. It was also a School District from 1908 to 1951.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Deerwood has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.[2]
References
- ↑ "Querying Canadian Geographical Names". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ↑ Climate Summary for Deerwood, Manitoba
- Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 62) - Deerwood - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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