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Pipestone, Manitoba is a community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.

Pipestone
Pipestone Location of Pipestone in Manitoba
Coordinates: 49°33′28″N 100°56′44″W
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman Region
Census Division	No. 6
Government
• Governing Body	Rural Municipality of Pipestone Council
• MP	Larry Maguire
• MLA	Doyle Piwniuk
Population  (2006 Census[1])
• Total	1,458
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal Code	R0M 1T0
Area code	204
NTS Map	062F10
GNBC Code	GAVTR

Located at the corner of highways 2 and 83, Pipestone is approximately 35 km from either Virden or Melita, approximately 70 km (43 mi) to the United States border and approximately 36 km (22 mi) to the Saskatchewan border. It is mainly an agricultural area with some oil drilling nearby.

Pipestone is part of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone. The office for the municipality is located in Reston, approximately 10 kilometers west on Highway 2.

It was the birthplace of John Hamilton Roberts, who commanded the landing forces in the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

There is an amateur video of a large destructive tornado that passed through farm fields near Pipestone on June 23, 2007,[2] and another on July 23, 2008.[3]

An oil spill the size of two football fields was discovered near Pipestone in January 2012. More than 100,000 litres of oil seeped into surrounding farmland as a result of a broken pipe.[4]

See also

• Pipestone Creek (Saskatchewan)

References

• Geographical Names of Manitoba - Pipestone (page 214) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

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