Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west side of Lake Manitoba.
Located within the borders of the municipality is the Indian reserve of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Bruce Beach Provincial Park, located east of the town of Alonsa, on one of a series of sand ridges that extend the length of the west side lake. The park is currently under lease to a private operator but development plans include a provincial campground and day use facility.Margaret Bruce Recreation Parks, Planning Section 3, Gov of Manitoba Conservation
The municipality is also home to a prehistoric stone circle known as a "Thunderbird Nest", thought to be the most westerly example in Manitoba.
The incorporation of Alonsa on 1 January 1945 was as a Local Government District (LGD). It received rural municipality status on 1 January 1997.
2018 Tornado A violent high end EF4 tornado struck the municipality of Alonsa on August 3, 2018, killing 1 person. It was estimated to have been on the ground for over 20 minutes, and had a width of . The tornado was originally rated EF4, but further research has suggested the windspeeds inside the tornado ranging from to , putting it as an EF5 tornado.
Communities
Alonsa Amaranth Bacon Ridge Bluff Creek Cayer Eddystone Harcus Kinosota (Manitoba House) Leifur Lonely Lake Moore Dale Portia Reedy Creek Reykjavik () Shergrove Silver Ridge
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alonsa had a population of 1,210 living in 492 of its 659 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,247. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
External links Rural Municipality of Alonsa Manitoba Historical Society – Rural Municipality of Alonsa Map of Alonsa R.M. at Statcan
See also
Scarth, Manitoba Elie, Manitoba Pipestone, Manitoba 2007 Elie tornado