title: Rural Municipality of Alexander
text: # Rural Municipality of Alexander
  
  The Rural Municipality of Alexander (French: Municipalité rurale d'Alexander) is a rural municipality in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. The town of Powerview-Pine Falls lies adjacent to the municipality, as does the Sagkeeng First Nation Indian reserve.
  
  The municipality contains all of Manitoba's Belair Provincial Forest in its westernmost part, plus the northern half of Brightstone Sand Hills Provincial Forest in its central part.
  
  ## History
  
  It was first incorporated as a Local Government District in 1945 and received its present status as a rural municipality on 1 January 1997. Parts of the RM (Great Falls area) had been under a boil water advisory since April 18, 2006, until a $5-million water treatment plant was installed in September 2019.
  
  ## Communities
  
  | Community | Location / Notes | Coordinates |
  | - | - | - |
  | Albert Beach | on the shore of Traverse Bay, Lake Winnipeg | 50°40′50″N 96°30′49″W﻿ / ﻿50.68056°N 96.51361°W﻿ / 50.68056; -96.51361﻿ (Albert Beach) |
  | Belair | between Lester Beach and PTH 59 | 50°36′20″N 96°33′16″W﻿ / ﻿50.60556°N 96.55444°W﻿ / 50.60556; -96.55444﻿ (Belair) |
  | Bird River | on the Bird River upstream from Lac du Bonnet | 50°24′46″N 95°40′46″W﻿ / ﻿50.41278°N 95.67944°W﻿ / 50.41278; -95.67944﻿ (Bird River) |
  | Great Falls | site of the Great Falls Generating Station on the Winnipeg River | 50°27′43″N 96°0′35″W﻿ / ﻿50.46194°N 96.00972°W﻿ / 50.46194; -96.00972﻿ (Great Falls) |
  | Gull Lake | on Gull Lake | 50°24′22″N 96°31′10″W﻿ / ﻿50.40611°N 96.51944°W﻿ / 50.40611; -96.51944﻿ (Gull Lake) |
  | Hillside Beach | on Hillside Point on Lake Winnipeg | 50°40′6″N 96°33′49″W﻿ / ﻿50.66833°N 96.56361°W﻿ / 50.66833; -96.56361﻿ (Hillside Beach) |
  | Lester Beach | north of Grand Beach Provincial Park on Lake Winnipeg | 50°35′9″N 96°34′32″W﻿ / ﻿50.58583°N 96.57556°W﻿ / 50.58583; -96.57556﻿ (Lester Beach) |
  | Pinawa Bay | on the Lee River | 50°19′27″N 95°47′31″W﻿ / ﻿50.32417°N 95.79194°W﻿ / 50.32417; -95.79194﻿ (Pinawa Bay) |
  | Poplar Bay | near Poplar Bay Provincial Park on Lac du Bonnet | 50°22′27″N 95°46′49″W﻿ / ﻿50.37417°N 95.78028°W﻿ / 50.37417; -95.78028﻿ (Poplar Bay) |
  | St. Georges | on the Winnipeg River, upstream from Fort Alexander | 50°32′22″N 96°8′56″W﻿ / ﻿50.53944°N 96.14889°W﻿ / 50.53944; -96.14889﻿ (St. Georges) |
  | Silver Falls | site of the Silver Falls Airport and Silver Falls Water Aerodrome | 50°30′54″N 96°5′56″W﻿ / ﻿50.51500°N 96.09889°W﻿ / 50.51500; -96.09889﻿ (Silver Falls) |
  | Stead | on PTH 304 | 50°25′44″N 96°26′47″W﻿ / ﻿50.42889°N 96.44639°W﻿ / 50.42889; -96.44639﻿ (Stead) |
  | Sunset Bay | on the Lee River | 50°20′27″N 95°48′18″W﻿ / ﻿50.34083°N 95.80500°W﻿ / 50.34083; -95.80500﻿ (Sunset Bay) |
  | Traverse Bay | east of Albert Beach, on Traverse Bay, Lake Winnipeg | 50°40′24″N 96°29′8″W﻿ / ﻿50.67333°N 96.48556°W﻿ / 50.67333; -96.48556﻿ (Traverse Bay) |
  | White Mud Falls | on the Winnipeg River downstream from Great Falls | 50°28′0″N 96°3′55″W﻿ / ﻿50.46667°N 96.06528°W﻿ / 50.46667; -96.06528﻿ (White Mud Falls) |
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alexander had a population of 3,854 living in 1,845 of its 4,347 total private dwellings, a change of 15.6% from its 2016 population of 3,333. With a land area of 1,560.05 $km^2$ (602.34 sq mi), it had a population density of $2.5/km^2$ (6.4/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  