Pope National Wildlife Reserve:

This unique reserve is located within the Rural Municipality of Hamiota and represents one of only two federally owned parcels of land within the Province of Manitoba. Originally utilized as a water source storage area for the steam-operated railways, it was later determined as surplus land by the railway and returned to the ownership of the federal government who identified it as a national wildlife reserve in 1972.

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