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Bowsman completed their first municipal sewer lines and sewage treatment plant in
October 1966. The project connected the majority of homes in town to the town sewer lines. For many people, this was the day that their outdoor
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From 1948-1953 Bowsman had a semi-pro baseball team. From 1952 to 1955 they competed in the
Manitoba-Saskatchewan League. This team was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Unincorporated communities in
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512:. February 9, 2022
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1234:Winnipegosis
1169:Crystal City
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969:Former towns
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1576:101°12′26″W
1477:Birch River
1061:Plum Coulee
1056:Pilot Mound
885:Leaf Rapids
718:Communities
576:Birch River
320:statcan.ca
318:Census data
230:J.B. Tyrell
158:Postal code
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85:101°07′21″W
1610:Categories
1573:52°14′09″N
1544:See also:
1522:Pulp River
1517:Pine River
1487:Duck River
1431:Swan River
1419:Former RMs
1321:Swan River
1306:Swan River
1219:St. Lazare
1214:St. Claude
1164:Cartwright
1066:Rapid City
981:Boissevain
945:Swan River
915:Niverville
850:Beausejour
642:Swan River
620:Craigsford
305:References
261:pit toilet
144:Population
82:52°08′27″N
1426:Minitonas
1337:Minitonas
1179:Ethelbert
1154:Binscarth
1128:Dunnottar
1046:Minitonas
1036:MacGregor
1016:Grandview
1011:Gladstone
986:Deloraine
940:Stonewall
935:Ste. Anne
930:Snow Lake
900:Minnedosa
890:Lynn Lake
865:Churchill
807:Steinbach
786:Flin Flon
246:with the
228:in 1949.
200:with the
1507:Mafeking
1502:Lenswood
1497:Kenville
1472:Bellsite
1405:Mountain
1359:Villages
1302:Manitoba
1229:Wawanesa
1209:Somerset
1204:Riverton
1189:McCreary
1184:Glenboro
1120:Villages
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