Roland | |
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Village | |
  Roland Location in the province of Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 49°21′59″N 97°56′24″W / 49.36639°N 97.94000°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Manitoba |
| Region | Pembina Valley |
| RM | Roland |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | R0G 1T0 |
| Area code | 204 |
| Website | RM of Roland |
Roland is a village of about 300 people in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada, located in the Rural Municipality of Roland, about 16 km north of Winkler. It is named for Roland McDonald, a farmer and lumber merchant, who settled there in 1880 when the post office was opened.[1] Juno nominated international children's musicians, LuLu and the TomCat, make their home in Roland. Roland is the birthplace of the Canadian 4-H Council and the Canadian 4-H Club. Roland is home to the world's largest pumpkin, a fibreglass structure built as a tribute to Edgar VanWyck, a local resident who made the Guinness Book of World Records in 1977 for growing the largest pumpkin.[2]
- ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 63. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
- ^ "RM of Roland".