Rural Municipality of Dauphin
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Contents
Communities
Transportation
Air
Dauphin Municipal Airport
- Regional airport
- Paved runways of 2,750 and 5,000 feet (1,500 m) long
- Daily service to Winnipeg
- Perimeter Airlines
- Night and all-weather facilities
- Avgas and aircraft maintenance
- Capable of landing 737 and Hercules Transport
Rail
- Canadian National Rail Secondary Mainline
- Via Rail Canada passenger service
Road
- Provincial Trunk Highways #5, #10 and #20
- Greyhound Bus Lines
- Gardewine North trucking, Purolator & Loomis Courier
- Local short/long-distance trucking companies
Energy & communications
Hydro electricity
- 3 phase power supply
- Provided by Manitoba Hydro
Natural gas
- 3" Natural Gas Line (49,560 mcf )
- Provided by Manitoba Hydro
Communications
- Digital tower, DSL High Speed Internet
- Provided by MTS Allstream, I-Netlink and Xplornet
- WCGtv provided by Westman Communications Group
Water & waste management
Water supply source
- Edwards Lake/Creek System and Vermillion Reservoir
Waste management
- Total capacity of storage site is 196 million imperial gallons (890,000 m3)
- Currently operating at 75% capacity
- $2.5 million upgrading 2003 and 2005
- 2 landfills (one at Sifton; one shared with City of Dauphin)
- Recycling program
Industrial park
- Fully Serviced
- Land available in Sifton, Dauphin and other areas
Planning & conservation district member
- Member of Dauphin Planning District
- Member of Intermountain Conservation District
- TOTAL REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT - 2009
- Rural Municipality of Dauphin $212,181,200
Education
- Total K-12 School Enrollment: 1,769 (source: Mountain View School Division, February 2009)
- Ecole MacNeill K-6 School 149
- Henderson Elementary 239
- Barker K-6 School 269
- Smith-Jackson K-6 School 95
- Whitmore K-6 School 127
- Mackenzie Middle 7-8 School 274
- Dauphin Regional Comprehensive School 616
Post-secondary School:
- Assiniboine Community College (Dauphin) varies
- Campus Manitoba (Dauphin) varies
- College & University available through Continuing Education & Distance Education
Services
Fire department
As of 2003[update]:
- Total of 35 member volunteers
- 1 rural tanker
- 4 pumper trucks
- 1 aerial ladder
- 3 rescue wagons
- 1 portable trailer
- 1 kodiak rescue boat
- 1 snowmobile rescue sleigh
- jaws-of-life
Ambulance
- 4 ambulances
- 24-hour service
- Advanced life support service
Police
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- 24-hour service
- Rural Crime Watch program
Post office
- Full Service
Local media
- Dauphin Herald newspaper (weekly)
- Parkland Shopper newspaper (weekly)
- 730 CKDM radio (Dauphin)
Licensed day care
List available at MB Child Day Care office
Health
Dauphin Regional Health Centre:
- 107 beds
- Laboratory testing, x-ray, EKG, CT scanner, hemodialysis, ultra-sound, fluoroscopy, medical and surgical wards
- Intensive Care Unit
- Parkland Family Medicine Residency Program
- Community Health Services
- 911 emergency services
Special care services
- Doctors: 21 and visiting medical staff available
- Dentists: 8
- Optometrists: 3
- Chiropractors: 4
- Personal Care Home: 70 beds
- Other Services: Handi-van
- Home Care & Meals on Wheels
- Telehealth
Recreation
- Parkland Recreation Complex:
- Curling rink - 6 sheets of ice
- Indoor leisure & waved pool, waterslide, 2 indoor arenas,
- 1 outdoor arena
- 18-hole golf course (RM of Ochre River)
- Beach and campgrounds
- Vermillion Park Sportsplex (baseball & soccer)
- Selo Ukraina amphitheatre (10,000 seats)
- International festivals: National Ukrainian Festival, Countryfest and Dauphin's Christian Music Festival (Jesus Manifest)
- Historical sites and district museums
- Dauphin Bible Camp
External links
- Map of Dauphin R.M. at Statcan
- RM of Dauphin Fact Sheet [1]
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