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| Place | Windygates |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Manitoba (MB) |
| Location | 5-1-7-W |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.000556 |
| Longitude | -98.364722 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | R6M |
| Area Code | 204, 431 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | GBEHT |
Windygates is a locality in 5-1-7-W, Manitoba, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Windygates is located at 49.0006°N, 98.3647°W.
Windygates anchors itself to the prairie edge near the prominent rise of Barnharts Hill, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the intensity of the midday sun. It lies 28.7 km south-west of Morden, MB (from Morden, MB: bearing 222°T), and is situated 14.4 km west-south-west of Brown. The land here holds a stark, horizontal clarity, defined by the distant Pembina River winding through the low ground some 6 km away and the quiet stillness of Jackson Lake at a similar remove. Windygates sits within a landscape that feels immense and exposed, yet the nearby Pembina Valley Provincial Park, located 7 km off, offers a sudden deepening of the terrain where the earth falls away into wooded ravines. At dusk, the light turns a thin, bruised violet, catching the tall grasses that lean against the fence lines in a constant, restless posture. Settlement in Windygates grew from the hard necessity of turning deep soil into a living, establishing an economy rooted in the tenacity of grain farming and the quiet movement of heavy machinery across the fields. The character of the people reflects the temperament of the climate, favoring a stoic endurance that matches the persistence of the crops pushing up through the black earth each spring. Life in Windygates keeps to the seasonal cycle of harvest and winter, a cycle that has persisted since the first homesteaders broke the sod to build a future in this open country. While the pace of the modern world rushes elsewhere, the daily life here maintains a measured, deliberate focus, grounded by the weight of the work and the vast, unblinking sky overhead.
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Explore Windygates, 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: 49.000556, -98.364722. 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. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Windygates includes the postal code (R6M), telephone area code (204, 431). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Windygates 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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |