The Boyne River is a

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in the

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in the Central Plains and Pembina Valley Regions of

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, Canada.

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The river begins in the Pembina Hills in a

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in the Rural Municipality of South Norfolk in Central Plains Region, about northwest of the village of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. It flows northwest to the town of Treherne on Manitoba Highway 2, continues north, then turns east. It passes to the north and east of the community of Rathwell, as it heads south under Manitoba Highway 2. The river turns southeast into the Rural Municipality of Dufferin in Pembina Valley Region, and reaches Stephenfield Lake, where it takes in the right tributary Roseisle Creek. Stephenfield Provincial Recreation Park is located on the lake. The Boyne heads east through the town of

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, turns northeast, then heads east through the Norquay Channel, passing under

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just before reaching its mouth at the Morris River in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Central Plains Region, about south of the community of Brunkild. The Morris River flows via the

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and eventually the

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to Hudson Bay.

Municipalities

*Rural Municipality of Macdonald *Carman *Rural Municipality of Dufferin *Rural Municipality of Norfolk Treherne

Tributaries

*Roseisle Creek (right)

References

{{authority control Rivers of Manitoba Central Plains Region, Manitoba Tributaries of Hudson Bay

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Municipalities

Tributaries

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