Hartney

Hartney's grain elevator

Hartney is a town in the southwest portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, population 415 (2011 census). It is located within the Municipality of Grassland along the Souris River. Originally established in 1882, the community is named after James Hartney.

The Hollywood film The Lookout featuring Jeff Daniels and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the film The Stone Angel featuring Ellen Burstyn, were filmed in Hartney in 2006; taking advantage of such buildings as the community's grain elevator and museum.

Hartney's local Member of Legislative Assembly is Doyle Piwniuk and the Member of Parliament for the area is Brandon—Souris MP Larry Maguire.

Geography

Area: 2.45 km²
Location: Southwest Manitoba
Latitude: 49° 29
Longitude: -100° 31'
Area Code: +1-204
Postal Code: R0M 0X0

Notable people

Lew Morrison - NHL hockey player
Corey Peloquin - Professional wrestler best known as Chi Chi Cruz
Reg Atkinson - Former mayor of Hartney and Brandon

Gallery

Welcome to Hartney
Hartney's museum

External links

Subdivisions of Manitoba

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Municipalities Communities Indian reserves Population centres Designated places

Cities	Brandon Dauphin Flin Flon Morden Portage la Prairie Selkirk Steinbach Thompson Winkler Winnipeg

Towns	Altona Arborg Beausejour Carberry Carman Churchill Gillam Grand Rapids Lac du Bonnet Leaf Rapids Lynn Lake Melita Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Niverville The Pas Powerview-Pine Falls Snow Lake Ste. Anne Swan River Teulon Virden Winnipeg Beach Former towns: Birtle Boissevain Deloraine Emerson Erickson Gilbert Plains Gladstone Grandview Gretna Hamiota Hartney MacGregor Manitou Minitonas Oak Lake Pilot Mound Plum Coulee Rapid City Rivers Roblin Rossburn Russell Souris Sainte Rose du Lac Treherne

Villages	Dunnottar St-Pierre-Jolys Former villages: Benito Binscarth Bowsman Cartwright Crystal City Elkhorn Ethelbert Glenboro McCreary Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Riverton Somerset St. Claude St. Lazare Waskada Wawanesa Winnipegosis

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Coordinates: 49°28′51″N 100°31′21″W / 49.48083°N 100.52250°W / 49.48083; -100.52250

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