Pilot Mound is an unincorporated community recognized as a
local urban district
A local urban district is a type of unincorporated community within the Canadian province of Manitoba. According to ''The Municipal Act'', a local urban district is a locality wholly within a rural municipality that "has at least 250 residents and ...
that also once held town status in the
Canadian province of
Manitoba
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. It is located within the
Municipality of Louise, approximately 60 km west of the
City of Morden.
Geography
Climate
History
Pilot Mound takes its name from a mound of shale that rises above the landscape. The "old mound" as it's called served as a pilot for early fur traders, settlers and explorers. Originally settled in 1878, Pilot Mound moved to its present location in 1885 to get closer to the
Canadian Pacific Railway line that moved through the area. Notable landmarks in the Pilot Mound area include the stone bank vault, used to store land titles documents. A
Manitoba Pool Elevator stood in Pilot Mound and was in operation from 1957 until 2000, when it was closed down by
Agricore. The building was later demolished in 2003. The Pilot Mound school district was established in 1880. A two story school known as "Big Red" was used as the main school until 1905, when a new brick school was built in the town. The brick school stood until 1959, when it was replaced with a new structure known as the Pilot Mound Consolidated School. From 1960 and on, this school served as the main school in the area, consolidating the former country schools.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Pilot Mound had a population of 675 living in 286 of its 342 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 627. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Sports
Pilot Mound is home to the Pilot Mound Pilots ice hockey team who play in the Tiger Hills Hockey League. The community was a finalist in
CBC Television's ''
Kraft Hockeyville
''Kraft Hockeyville'' is an annual competition sponsored by Kraft Heinz, the National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association in which communities compete to demonstrate their commitment to the sport of ice hockey. The winning commu ...
'' competition in 2008.
Notable people
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Thomas Bellamy
Thomas Bellamy (June 6, 1853 – October 11, 1926) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Bellamy was born at Canada West, which would later be the province of Ontario. The son of an English immigrant, he ent ...
, politician
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Delaney Collins, hockey player
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Jim Collins (curler), Brier-winning curler
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Edward Dow, politician
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Paul Hiebert, writer
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Black Jack Stewart, Hockey Hall of Famer
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Nolan Thiessen
Nolan Thiessen (born November 6, 1980 in Pilot Mound, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler.
Career
Thiessen, in his debut at Canadian Juniors, lost the final of the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead for Mike McEwen. Thiessen ...
,
Tim Hortons Brier
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...
champion
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Riley Weselowski, professional hockey player
References
External links
Pilot Mound website
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Designated places in Manitoba
Former towns in Manitoba
Local urban districts in Manitoba
Pembina Valley Region
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba