Ste. Rose du Lac (dead link: January 2023) is a small town of around 1,000 people (2011) in the Prairie Mountain region of Manitoba.
Understand
Ste. Rose du Lac is an unincorporated community that had been an incorporated town before it amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipality to form the Municipality of Ste. Rose. Nestled between Lake Dauphin and Lake Manitoba, Ste. Rose offers various summer and winter recreation facilities. The area is ideally suited for cattle ranching and Ste. Rose du Lac was declared "Cattle Capital of Manitoba" in 1979.
Get in
Ste. Rose du Lac is located at the intersection of PTH 5 & 68, 50 km east of the city of Dauphin and 300 km northwest of Winnipeg.
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Get around
See
- Ste. Rose Grotto, Central Avenue, 51.057157°, -99.524675°. An authentic replica of the Notre Dame de Lourdes grotto was constructed in Ste. Rose in Dollard Park to commemorate the centennial of the appearance of the Virgin Mary to Ste. Bernadette in France in 1858. 2021-03-22
Do
- Turtle River Sports and Agriplex (Ste. Rose Community Center), 555 Maillard St., +1 204-447-2154, emailto:facilitymanager@sterose.ca. Houses a curling rink and arena. 2021-03-22
- Hoof 'N' Holler Fest5. 3rdcweekend in October. The town's annual festival, with fireworks, parade, craft sale, pancake breakfasts, cabaret, crowning of the Queen. 2021-06-02
- Cross-country skiing along the Turtle River
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Eat & drink
Sleep
- Methley Beach Campground, Ste. Rose (16 km N on PR 276 and 4.8 km W), +1 204-447-1037. Located on the eastern shore of Lake Dauphin. 2021-03-22
- Ste. Rose Inn, PTH 5 & PR 276, +1 204-447-3111. 12 rooms equipped with air conditioning, cable TV, and wireless internet access. 2021-03-22
- Ste. Rose Motel, 634 Central Avenue, +1 204-447-2770. Restaurant & bar attached. 2021-03-22
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Nearby
- Manipogo Provincial Park. Located on the shore of Lake Manitoba; it is named after Manipogo, a lake monster reputed to live in the lake. 2021-03-22
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