Morden, Manitoba

Morden is a city in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, Canada, near the United States border. It is about 11 kilometres west of the neighbouring city of Winkler, and the two are often called Manitoba's Twin Cities. Surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Stanley, Morden is the eighth largest city in the province, and Statistics Canada counted 9,929 residents in 2021, an increase of 14.5 percent from 2016 that made it the fastest growing city in Manitoba. Morden was founded in 1882, when the Canadian Pacific Railway built a line across Dead Horse Creek at a place then known as Cheval, a spot that became a popular resting place because it could supply water for people and locomotives. The settlement was later renamed Morden. The city holds the Corn and Apple Festival each August, founded in 1967, which celebrates a fruit and vegetable that thrive in its long growing season.