Organizations near Garson MB (820 Result(s))

In the municipality of La Broquerie we've always known we have something special. Here, in the heart of beautiful Southeastern Manitoba, we've built a fully bilingual community that we believe captures the essence of healthy country living – a community t

Welcome to the RM of Lorne WebsiteThe RM of Lorne is located in the south central part of Manitoba in the agricultural zone of Canada. Lorne is bordered on the east by the Pembina Hills, on the north and west by the Tiger Hills, and on the south by the Pembina Valley. The Rural Municipality of Lorne is a picturesque region of gentle, rolling hills, and a patchwork of some of the most fertile fields in Manitoba.

Grunthal was first settled in 1876 by Russian Mennonites who had come to Canada in what is referred to as the first major wave of Russian immigration. James Urry, in his book None But Saints, defines the three big immigration movements of Mennonites from Russia to America. The first was in the 1870's when Alexander II (then Czar) voided the charters that provided Russian Mennonites from Religious Freedoms and self-determination of their communities. From 1873 to 1884 about 8,000 Mennonites migrated to Manitoba, with another 13,000 settling in the mid-western United States. The second major wave of Russian Mennonites migrated to Canada soon after the Russian Revolution in 1919.