Arborg (Manitoba)

Arborg
Location in Manitoba
Arborg
State :	Canada
Province :	Manitoba
Region:	Interlake region
Rural municipality:	Bifrost
Coordinates :	50 ° 54 ′  N , 97 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′  N , 97 ° 13 ′  W
Height :	227  m
Area :	2.26 km²
Residents :	1021 (as of 2006)
Population density :	451.8 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Foundation :	1887
Website :	www.townofarborg.ca

The Canadian town of Arborg is located in the municipality of Bifrost in Manitoba , Interlake Region , 100 kilometers north of Winnipeg .

The main economic factor of Arbog is agriculture .

In 2005 , a biodiesel power plant called Bifrost Bio-Blends was built in Arborg for the first time in Manitoba . The main customer of the power plant is Manitoba Hydro .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Carolyn Darbyshire (born 1963), curler
• Snjolaug Sigurdson (1914–1979), pianist and music teacher

Footnotes

1. ↑ Community Profiles: Interlake Region. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 31, 2009 ; Retrieved September 12, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Manitoba Hydro Press Release on Bio-Diesel ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )