Place:Virden, Manitoba, Canada

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NameVirden
TypeCommunity
Coordinates49.833°N 100.95°W
Located inManitoba, Canada
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Virden is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba".

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An excellent book with genealogical information and history of the area surrounding Virden is Proudly we speak : a history of the Rural Municipality of Woodworth by Dorothy Vipond [1]

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