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| Government - RM of Cameron |
As Reeve of the municipality of Cameron it is my pleasure along with council to officially welcome you to our municipality via the internet.
Our municipality consists of eight townships which encompasses the Town of Hartney and two hamlets Lauder and Grande Clariere.
We are proud to have two thriving businesses in our municipality, Atkinson Implements near Hartney and Maple Grove Plastics located west of Lauder. We also boast one of the largest cattle feedlot businesses in Manitoba "Cloverleaf Cattle Company".
The Souris River meanders through our municipality from the Southwest to the Northeast dividing our land base.
The north side is part of the Oak Lake Aquifer consisting of sandy soils with an abundance of good quality water. This land is very suitable for raising livestock and producing alphalfa.
The South side of the river is more suited to grain production. Crops include all cereal crops plus potato, sunflower, canola, flax, peas and lentils.
Along with having the Souris River comes beautiful scenery and a landscape suitable for recreation. We have numerous hiking and orienteering trails as well as a snowmobile trail system that is part of the groomed trail system which links a number of communities in the Southwest part of the province.
The Lauder Sandhills also encompass a large wildlife Management Area where white-tail deer flourish and hunting is excellent.
In the Lauder Sandhill Area are some very important Manitoba Archaeological Sites.
The Vera Site is located in the southwestern section of the Lauder Sandhills. This area is rich from an ecological point of view.
The whole area is underlain by the Oak Lake Aquifer, which means that there is an abundance of ground water close to the surface.
The local topography varies from low marshland to sand plains and dune fields. SCAPE, (Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Prairie Ecozone), which is research of archaeology, geoarchaeology, soils, science, paleobotony, geomatics, ethnology and oral traditions, has been going on in this area for several years and some very interesting finds were unearthed in the summer of 2002.
For more information visit the SCAPE project website at http://scape.brandonu.ca or contact Dr. B.A. (Bev) Nicholson at Brandon University e-mail.
Please enjoy your tour of our website and then accept our invitation to visit our municipality.
Wayne Drummond |
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