Baden, Manitoba

Baden is a northern community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 25 in the Canada 2006 Census.[1] It is part of a group of five communities in the region, all built to serve logging operations in the Porcupine Provincial Forest. The others are National Mills, Powell, Red Deer Lake, and the largest, Barrows, where the nearest school and fire service are located. The community contains 15 housing units.[2]

Baden
Community boundaries
Baden
Location in Manitoba
Coordinates: 52.781°N 101.218°W / 52.781; -101.218 (Baden)
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
RegionNorthern Manitoba

It was named by the Canadian National Railway after Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a British General.

References

Geographic Names of Manitoba - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

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