Rural Municipality of Stuartburn

Stuartburn is a rural municipality (RM) located in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,629 according to the Canada 2006 Census. The municipality is named after the Ukrainian-Canadian village of Stuartburn.

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the RM has an area of 1,161.65 km2 (448.52 sq mi). There are no separately incorporated cities, towns, or villages within the municipality. A small portion of Sandilands Provincial Forest lies in its northeast corner.

Stuartburn is one of three municipalities in Manitoba bordering the U.S. state of Minnesota; however, none of the international border crossings between Manitoba and Minnesota are located in Stuartburn.

Adjacent rural municipalities and counties

Communities

Vagrant Community

Since 2011, a cult-like vagrant group makes an annual pilgrimage to a shack in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn. The group worked to dismantle the shack by throwing objects, such as lawn chairs and axes at it. In 2017, the shack finally collapsed. To commemorate this, underground celebrity bluegrass singer Stoagy Roach was invited to perform music atop the befallen shack. It is expected that the vagrant group will begin rebuilding the shack during their 2019 visit to Stuartburn. A short documentary was made about the group in 2017.[1]

References
  1. M3T1CULOUS (2017-05-16), Stuartburn Trailer, retrieved 2019-03-03


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