Elphinstone Manitoba Map

About Elphinstone, Manitoba

Elphinstone is a local urban district in 8,9-18-21-W, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Elphinstone is located at 50.5311°N, 100.3219°W.

Elphinstone rests in a wide embrace of Manitoba's agricultural heartland, where the land rolls with a generosity that speaks of seasons past and seasons yet to come. It lies 46.5 km north-west of Minnedosa, MB (from Minnedosa, MB: bearing 313°T), and is situated 15.0 km north-north-east of Strathclair. The sky here is a vast canvas, often painted with the soft, diffused light of dawn and dusk, casting long shadows that stretch and recede across fields of gold and green. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy scent, a perfume of sun-baked soil and ripening grain, punctuated by the distant hum of machinery tending the fertile earth. Here, the landscape is a testament to patient cultivation, a gentle undulation of land carved by ancient waters and now shaped by the diligent hands of those who coax sustenance from its depths. The history of Elphinstone is deeply entwined with the westward expansion and the promise of fertile soil, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people. Settlers arrived, drawn by the allure of prairie riches, and established a community built on the back of agriculture, primarily grain farming, a tradition that continues to define the local economy. While not a place of dramatic geological features, Elphinstone possesses a quiet beauty in its expansive horizons and the tenacious spirit of its inhabitants, a spirit that has weathered economic shifts and the ebb and flow of rural life. The rhythm of Elphinstone is one of planting and harvest, a steady beat that echoes the cyclical nature of the land itself.

About This Elphinstone Map Page

Explore Elphinstone, Manitoba, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.531111, -100.32194. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Elphinstone includes the postal code (R0J), telephone area code (204, 431). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Elphinstone is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.