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Ochre River
Local urban district
Ochre River, 1910
Ochre River
Coordinates: 51°03′44″N 99°46′48″W / 51.06222°N 99.78000°W / 51.06222; -99.78000
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Municipality	RM of Lakeshore
Founded	1893
Founded by	Douglas Thompson (May 12, 1854 – March 23, 1938)

Ochre River is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, Manitoba, Canada, approximately halfway between the City of Dauphin and Ste. Rose du Lac.

It was founded by Sir Douglas Thompson (May 12, 1854 – March 23, 1938) in 1893 as a farming community; many of the buildings have survived since.

Located within the community is Ochre River railway station, which is served by Via Rail.

Preceding station	Via Rail			Following station
Dauphintoward Churchill		Winnipeg–Churchill		Lauriertoward Winnipeg
Former services
Preceding station	Canadian National Railway			Following station
Paulsontoward Calgary		Calgary – Winnipeg		Makinaktoward Winnipeg
Paulsontoward North Battleford		North Battleford – Winnipeg via Swan River and Hallboro
Paulsontoward Winnipegosis		Winnipegosis – Rorketon		Ste. Rosetoward Rorketon

The community also has a post office, hotel, school, community centre, and a municipality office.

The community holds a yearly festival called "Country Daze".

References

1. "Local Urban Districts Regulation". Government of Manitoba. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
2. "Ochre River train station - VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Via Rail.

v t e Division No. 17, Manitoba (Dauphin Area)
Cities	Dauphin
Towns	Former towns Gilbert Plains Grandview Sainte Rose du Lac
Villages	Former villages Ethelbert McCreary Winnipegosis
Rural municipalities	Alonsa Dauphin Ethelbert Gilbert Plains Grandview Lakeshore McCreary Mossey River Ste. Rose Former RMs Ethelbert Grandview Lawrence McCreary Ochre River Ste. Rose
First Nations	Ebb and Flow Keeseekoowenin (Partly)
Indian reserves	Ebb and Flow 52 Clear Lake 61A
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division No. 17
Unincorporated communities	Alonsa Amaranth Ashville Bacon Ridge Bluff Creek Cayer East Bay Eddystone Fork River Freedale Garland Glencairn Halicz Harcus Keld Kinosota Laurier Lonely Lake Magnet Makinak Manitoba House Meharry Million Mink Creek Moore Dale Moose Bay Norgate North Junction Oak Brae Ochre River Paulson Portia Reedy Creek Reeve Reykjavik Rorketon Ste. Amélie Shergrove Sifton Silver Ridge Toutes Aides Trembowla Valley River Valpoy Venlaw Volga Weiden Zoria
See also: Municipalities in Manitoba Census divisions of Manitoba 2015 municipal amalgamations

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