Caliento, Manitoba

Caliento is a small community in southeastern Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn situated between the communities of Vita, Zhoda, and Sundown. It is approximately 100 kilometers from Winnipeg and is around 45 kilometers from Emerson, Manitoba at the Canada–US border. A post office was opened there circa 1912 on 14-2-8E and Safron Stefink was the first postmaster. The origin of the name is not certain.

References

Geographical Names of Manitoba - Caliento (page 40) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

Division 1, Manitoba (Eastern Manitoba)

Towns	Lac du Bonnet Powerview–Pine Falls

Local government districts	Pinawa

Rural municipalities	Alexander Lac du Bonnet Piney Reynolds Stuartburn Victoria Beach Whitemouth

First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Buffalo Point Iskatewizaagegan 39 Shoal Lake 40

Indian reserves	Buffalo Point 36 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part)

Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division 1

Unincorporated communities	Arbakka Badger Caliento Elma Gardenton Hadashville Hillside Beach Piney Prawda River Hills Ste. Rita St. Georges Seven Sisters Falls South Junction Sprague Stuartburn Sundown Vassar Vita Whitemouth Zhoda (part)

See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

Coordinates: 49°08′01″N 96°24′54″W / 49.13361°N 96.41500°W / 49.13361; -96.41500

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