Dominion City

Dominion City, 2006

Dominion City is a community in the Rural Municipality of Franklin in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in south central Manitoba about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Canada–US border.

Dominion City is served by Roseau Valley School. It has a pool, a museum, a bank, a credit union, a store, a hockey rink, and a curling club. Historic buildings in Dominion City include All Saints Anglican Church, which is now the Franklin Museum.

There was a Post Office called Roseau Crossing established in 1876. The name was changed to Dominion City in 1880.

References

Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 65) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

Division 2, Manitoba (Steinbach Area)

Cities	Steinbach

Towns	Niverville Ste. Anne

Villages	St-Pierre-Jolys

Rural municipalities	De Salaberry Emerson–Franklin (part) Franklin Hanover La Broquerie Ritchot Ste. Anne Taché

First Nations	Roseau River Anishinabe

Indian reserves	Roseau Rapids 2A Roseau River 2

Unincorporated communities	Blumenort Dominion City Friedensfeld Grande Pointe Grunthal Howden Île-des-Chênes Kleefeld La Broquerie La Coulée Landmark La Rochelle Lorette Marchand Mitchell New Bothwell Otterburne Randolph Richer St. Adolphe Ste. Agathe St. Malo Tolstoi Zhoda (part)

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

Coordinates: 49°08′31″N 97°09′20″W / 49.14194°N 97.15556°W / 49.14194; -97.15556

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