Riverton | |
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 Riverton Transportation and Heritage Museum in winter. | |
  Riverton Location of Riverton in Manitoba | |
| Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 96°59′55″W / 50.99583°N 96.99861°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Interlake |
| Rural Municipality | Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton |
| Government | |
| • MP (Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman ) | James Bezan (CPC) |
| • MLA (Interlake-Gimli) | Derek Johnson (PC) |
| Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 475[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code span | R0C 0A8 |
| Area code | 204 |
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]
- ^ "Riverton Census Profile". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Manitoba Communities: Riverton (Unincorporated Village, Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 63. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.