Riverton, Manitoba

Riverton
Riverton Transportation and Heritage Museum in winter.
Riverton Transportation and Heritage Museum in winter.
Riverton is located in Manitoba
Riverton
Riverton
Location of Riverton in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 96°59′55″W / 50.99583°N 96.99861°W / 50.99583; -96.99861
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionInterlake
Rural MunicipalityMunicipality of Bifrost – Riverton
Government
 • MP (Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman )James Bezan (CPC)
 • MLA
(Interlake-Gimli)
Derek Johnson (PC)
Elevation
218 m (715 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total475[1]
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Postal code span
R0C 0A8
Area code204

Riverton is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton within the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Located approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Winnipeg, the community held village status prior to January 1, 2015.[2]

Riverton is a descriptive which replaced the earlier name, Icelandic River, which it took from the river that bisects the community.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Riverton Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Manitoba Communities: Riverton (Unincorporated Village, Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 63. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.