Location: Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Address: 25 Maple Ave E.
Date: Oct 2014
Website: www.hamiota.com
Hamiota, Manitoba is a small town of about 850 people. It just so happened that one day we found ourselves doing business with someone from the town. The town is of special interest to us as it rhymes with one of our names. When we were driving across the prairies from Winnipeg to Regina we made a special detour just to pay the town a visit.
Hamiota used to be called Hamilton, but this caused confusion with the Hamilton in Ontario. The name was changed to combine Hamilton with the word "iota". Iota means plenty so the town's name means plenty of Hamilton.
We visited any buildings we could find with Hamiota in their name such as the Hamiota School and Hamiota United Church. Our stomachs also requested that we pay a visit to the local bakery.
We purchased some strudel from the Country Crocus Bakeshop to be consumed on the road and also enjoyed at our hotel later that evening. If you visit Hamiota we highly recommend it. We visited in October and they were busy baking rows and rows of pumpkin pies.
We left Hamiota and headed back onto the highway. There was one more small town that we planned on visiting. We drove past the fields that touched the blue sky. We drove past rolled hay and silos. We drove past cows grazing on the dry grass.
The next town we visited was Miniota. It's name means plenty of water. We had noticed a Star Wars connection when we spotted the town on a map. As a result we took along a small travel companion. It was a mini Yoda action figure. Now you may not be in the habit of carrying action figures in your purse so be sure to plan ahead. If you find yourself driving through the prairies we suggest that you try to visit both Miniota and Hamiota.
Do or do not, there is no try.
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