Avcom Ltd. is a commercially certified aerial surveillance. Servicing southern Manitoba for over 35 years, we provide professional aerial line patrols, pipeline patrols, surveillance, and photography for all your reconnaissance needs.
Once home to roaming Buffalo herds, the area around Gretna attracted people as far back as the early 1800's. Originally known as ''Smuggler''s Point'', it's natural tree cover afforded early settlers and fur trappers a location where undeclared goods were smuggled over the border. Soon after establishing the 49th parallel as the International border, Gretna became an important customs centre and border town for both the Canadian and American governments.
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland lies along the Canada-U.S.A. border in south central Manitoba. Part of the provincés Central Plains Region, the community is roughly 100 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba's Capital. The municipality is a mix of rural and small urban communities with a population of just over 4200 residents.The R.M. of Rhineland surrounds the incorporated towns of Altona, Gretna, and Plum Coulee, adding another 5000 residents to the population of the immediate area.