Dauphin is a small city in
ManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
,
CanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La VérendryePierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. In the 1730s he and his four sons opened up the area west of Lake Superior and thus began the process that added Western Canada to the original New France in the Saint Lawrence basin...
in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne. Settlers began arriving in the area in 1883 and two early settlements, Gartmore and "Old Dauphin" were established. With the coming of the railway in 1896 - the railline ran roughly halfway between the two villages - settlement shifted to the present site. The coming of the railroad also coincided with the beginning of Ukrainian settlement in the Dauphin area. Before that time, most arrivals had been of British extraction.
Incorporated as a village in 1898 and as a town in 1901, Dauphin became an important centre for the transportation of
grainCereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
. Farming still plays a central role in the economy of the area, but its role has been greatly reduced. The current mayor of Dauphin is Eric Irwin, a Lawyer. Conservative
Robert SopuckRobert Sopuck is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election on November 29, 2010, representing the electoral district of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.-References:...
has been the Member of Parliament for the Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette riding since November 2010. New Democrat
Stan StruthersStan Struthers is a Manitoba politician, and a current member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the New Democratic Party. Born in Swan River, Manitoba, Struthers graduated from Swan Valley Regional Secondary School in 1977, and later received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of...
is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly and is the Minister of Conservation for the Province of
ManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. Dauphin plays host to several summer festivals, including Dauphin's Countryfest, Canada's National Ukrainian Festival, and Jesus Manifest.
According to the 1996 Canadian census,
UkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
constitute the largest single ethnic group in the City of Dauphin, with 41.04% of the city's population. Almost 26% of the city's population claim to be able to speak the
Ukrainian languageUkrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
. In terms of other ethnic origins, 24.17% of the residents claim English ancestry, 17.61% claim Scottish ancestry, and 12.3% claim Irish ancestry. Approximately 10% of the population claim Aboriginal origin.
Dauphin is near
Riding Mountain National ParkRiding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of...
which is south of the city and served by
PTH 10Provincial Trunk Highway 10 is a north-south highway that runs from the North Dakota border at the International Peace Garden near Boissevain, north through Brandon, Dauphin, Swan River, and The Pas to the Saskatchewan boundary at Flin Flon. The speed limit is 100 km/h...
. The city is surrounded by the
Rural Municipality of DauphinDauphin is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, and lies just north of Riding Mountain National Park...
.
In the 1970s, a federally funded pilot project called
MincomeMincome is the name of an experimental Canadian Basic income project that was held in Dauphin, Manitoba during the 1970s. The project, funded jointly by the Manitoba provincial government and the Canadian federal government, began with a news release on February 22, 1974, and was closed down in 1979...
sought to provide a
guaranteed minimum incomeGuaranteed minimum income is a system of social welfare provision that guarantees that all citizens or families have an income sufficient to live on, provided they meet certain conditions. Eligibility is typically determined by citizenship, a means test and either availability for the labour...
to residents of Dauphin.
Transportation
Ground
The city is served by
Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highways:
- PTH 5
- PTH 10
Provincial Trunk Highway 10 is a north-south highway that runs from the North Dakota border at the International Peace Garden near Boissevain, north through Brandon, Dauphin, Swan River, and The Pas to the Saskatchewan boundary at Flin Flon. The speed limit is 100 km/h...
- PTH 20
- PTH 5A
- PTH 10A
- PTH 20A
Rail
Dauphin has an active Canadian National (CN) line that is also used by
Via RailVia Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....
. Via Rail trains call at the
Dauphin railway stationThe Dauphin railway station is located in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train. The station was designated a historic site in 1990. - External links :**...
.
Sports
Dauphin is a hockey community. A new recreation complex, called
Credit Union PlaceThe Credit Union Place is a 2,498-seat multi-purpose arena in Dauphin, Manitoba. It is home to the Dauphin Kings ice hockey team....
, was recently built (2006). This facility is the home of the
Dauphin KingsThe Dauphin Kings are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. They are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and Hockey Canada...
, an MJHL Junior A hockey team. The Kings are Turnbull Memorial Trophy winners, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1993, and 2010. The Kings are also Anavet Cup winners of 2010. Formerly, the team played in the Dauphin Memorial Community Centre (D.M.C.C.) arena that was built after the Second World War. Dauphin and the Kings have recently been award the privilege of hosting the
Royal Bank CupThe Royal Bank Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The winner of the tournament wins the Royal Bank Cup...
in 2010, which is the Canadian National Championship for Junior A Hockey. This "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity will require many hours of volunteer effort, as well as local sponsorship and support.
Dauphin has a rich baseball history, senior teams The Dauphin Redbirds, then later the Dauphin Brewers, both have claimed numerous provincial titles.
Dauphin high schoolers also play a big part of the athletics of Dauphin. They've won many awards and medals. These teams include Volleyball, Track and Field, Basketball, Broomball, Curling, Football, and Hockey.
A Dauphin rink composed of curlers
Ab GowanlockAlbert Adam "Ab" Gowanlock was a Canadian curler from Manitoba.Gowanlock was a two time provincial and two time Brier champion....
, Jim Williams, Art Pollon and Russ Jackman won the Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, in 1953.
Location
Dauphin is located in western
ManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
near both
Duck Mountain Provincial ParkDuck Mountain Provincial Park is a 600 square kilometre forest in western Manitoba. It is not to be confused with Saskatchewan's Duck Mountain Provincial Park, located just across the Manitoba/Saskatchewan boundary....
and
Riding Mountain National ParkRiding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of...
. Dauphin is also just west of both
Lake ManitobaLake Manitoba is Canada's thirteenth largest lake and the world's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is named after the lake...
and
Dauphin LakeDauphin Lake was named for the heir to the French throne in 1739 by Francois de La Verendrye. It is in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of and has a drainage basin of about . The Mossey River drains the lake into Lake Winnipegosis. The basin is drained...
as well as south of
Lake WinnipegosisLake Winnipegosis is a large lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. It is Canada's eleventh-largest lake...
.
Demographics
Dauphin had a population of 7,906 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 2.2% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Dauphin was $35,527, which is below the Manitoba provincial average of $47,875.
Climate
Local media
Newspapers
Radio
- CKDM 730 AM, Country
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and Adult Contemporary
- CBWW-FM 105.3, CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
- (Future Station) 106.1, CBC Radio Two
CBC Radio 2 is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Previously concentrating on classical music and jazz, during 2007 and 2008 the network transitioned towards a new "adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the previously dominant classical genre...
Television
- CKND-2
CKND-DT is a television station that broadcasts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Manitoba outlet for the Global Television Network.-History:...
(GlobalGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
) channel 2
- CKYD-TV
CKY-DT is a television station based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Television Network....
(CTVCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
) channel 5
- CBWST-TV
CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....
(CBCCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
) channel 8
- CHMI-3
CHMI-DT is a television station licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, with most of its operations in Winnipeg. It is part of the Citytv system, and the only Rogers TV station not part of any duopoly ever since CIIT-TV was sold to S-VOX in 2008.-History:The station was licensed by the...
(CitytvCitytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
) channel 27
Notable residents
- Barry Trotz
Barry Trotz is the head coach of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators. He was previously the coach of the American Hockey League's Baltimore Skipjacks and Portland Pirates, with whom he won an AHL championship in 1994. That same year, he won the Louis A.R...
, head coach of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, was born and raised in Dauphin.
- James Ball competed for Canada in the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 400 metres where he won the Silver medal.
- Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born sociologist and writer.The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman's greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of dramaturgical perspective that began with his 1959 book The Presentation of Self...
(1922–1982), acclaimed sociologist and author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, grew up in Dauphin.
- His sister, Frances Bay
Frances Bay was a U.S.-based Canadian character actress, best known for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television...
, also attended school in Dauphin. She is a well-known actress in TV and films, perhaps best known as the "Marble Rye Lady" on Seinfeld.
- Lt.-Col. William George Barker
William George Barker VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient...
, VC, Canada's most decorated serviceman, was born in Dauphin in 1894. The Dauphin airport and a school are named after him.
- Theodore Arthur Burrows
Theodore Arthur Burrows was a politician and office-holder in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of the province from October 6, 1926 until his death....
(1857–1929), sometime MLA and MP for Dauphin, served as Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba from 1926 until his death.
- Dauphin businessman Robert Hawkins served as Speaker of the Manitoba Legislature from 1937 until 1949.
- James Langstaff Bowman
James Langstaff Bowman, PC was the first Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from Manitoba.Bowman had been a teacher and lawyer in Dauphin, Manitoba. In 1917, he became the town's mayor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1925 and 1926 general elections for the Conservative Party. He finally...
(1879–1951), a Dauphin lawyer, was the first Manitoban to be Speaker of the House of Commons.
- Laurie MacKenzie
Laurie MacKenzie, was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, but relocated to Winnipeg at age 19. He is a guitarist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Prior to joining The Guess Who, MacKenzie toured and recorded with Laurie MacKenzie and the Bandits and the Laurie MacKenzie Band.-External links:*...
, born and resided in Dauphin until age 19, guitarist for The Guess WhoThe Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
.
- Bif Naked
Bif Naked is a Juno Award-winning, Indian-born American-Canadian multi-platinum record selling, rock singer, writer, poet, motivational speaker and actress.-Personal life:...
(born Beth Torbert on June 15, 1971), a Juno AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
-winning CanadianCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
singer-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, poetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, cartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
, and actress attended Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School in the 1980s.
- Colby Robak
Colby Robak is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League . He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2nd round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.-Career statistics:-Awards and honours:-External links:...
, NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
prospect currently in the Florida PanthersThe Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...
farm system.
- Troy Westwood
Troy Westwood is a Canadian Football League place kicker and punter who played 17 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers....
, longtime CFLerThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
for the Winnipeg Blue BombersThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
.
- Helen Frances Marsh (1917-1995) was editor of The Dauphin Herald and served for 18 years on Dauphin's town council. She was the first Manitoban to serve on Canada's delegation to the United Nations. She was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba in 1977.
- Kenneth Winters (1929-2011) was an eminent musician, broadcaster and music critic, and an editor of The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
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