Grand Rapids, Manitoba
Grand Rapids | |
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| Town of Grand Rapids | |
The Highway 6 bridge crossing the Saskatchewan River at Grand Rapids, 2009 | |
Grand Rapids Location of Grand Rapids in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 53°12′30″N 99°18′00″W / 53.20833°N 99.30000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Northern Manitoba |
| Settled | 1877 |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.95 km2 (33.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 268 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) |
| • Change 2011-2016 | 3.9% |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | R0C 1E0 |
| Area code | 204 |
Grand Rapids is a town in Manitoba, Canada, on the northwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg where the Saskatchewan River enters the lake. As the name implies, the river had a significant drop at this point: more than 75 ft (23 m) in less than 3 mi (4.8 km). In modern days, a large hydroelectric plant has been built there. Cedar Lake, a short distance upriver, provides a natural water source for the plant. Provincial Trunk Highway 6, the region's primary roadway, crosses the Saskatchewan River at the Grand Rapids Bridge.
Grand Rapids was on the main canoe route toward the West, where Fort Bourbon once stood. It is also across the river from the Misipawistik Cree Nation.
In 1894, fire destroyed a number of buildings in the Grand Rapids docks. The steamboat Colvile also caught fire and was destroyed.