Glenella is a community within the Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne. It is located northeast of Neepawa and was designated a post office and a CNR point in 1897. Its name came from a Miss Ella Williams with the addition of the "glen". The R.M. was created in 1920 and amalgamated in 2015.
Railway station
Glenella is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train.[1]
| Preceding station |  Via Rail |
Following station | ||
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| McCreary toward Churchill |
Winnipeg–Churchill | Plumas toward Winnipeg | ||
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| Preceding station | Canadian National Railway | Following station | ||
| Glencairn toward Calgary |
Calgary – Winnipeg | Tenby toward Winnipeg | ||
Notable people
- Stephen Patrick - Politician and athlete.[2]
References
- ↑ "Glenella train station - VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ↑ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 93) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
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