Elm Creek, Manitoba
Elm Creek | |
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Elm Creek Fire Department | |
Location of Elm Creek in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′32″N 97°59′33″W / 49.67556°N 97.99250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Pembina Valley |
| Rural Municipality | Grey |
| Government | |
| • MP | Branden Leslie |
| • MLA (Midland) | Lauren Stone (PC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 257 m (843 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 339 |
| • Density | 126.2/km2 (327/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Elm Creek is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in Manitoba, Canada. It is about 50 km west of Winnipeg and about 35 km southeast of Portage la Prairie. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Grey. It is home to the second largest fire hydrant in the world which was unveiled on Canada Day, 2001. The fire hydrant was built out of a tank supplied by a volunteer firefighter and was also built by volunteer firefighters. It is also the home of the second largest H4 chondrite (a class of stony meteorite) ever found in Canada. The 8.2-kg mass was found by a local grader driver on a rural road in 1997.