Nearby are the towns of Stonewall, Balmoral, Teulon, Grosse Isle, Gunton, Rosser, Stony Mountain and Selkirk.

As the local residents were living on either side of the Prime Meridian, several institutions derive their name by combining the words: Brant-Argyle.

The Section, Township & Range system of addressing properties across the prairies begins on this line, dividing east from west.

About 10,000 years ago, this huge inland lake, the remnants of glaciers, began to drain in present-day Manitoba.

These ridges mark the northern edge of the Red River Valley, and offer a different geological atmosphere.

The town is located approximately 30 min north of Winnipeg off of Highway 67 from Stonewall, centered along Provincial Roads 322 and 323.

Settled by European pioneers during the late 1870s, the newcomers were mostly those granted 160 acres (0.65 km2) of free land from the Canadian Government.

This land grant was intended to encourage European farmers to settle in the vast prairies, which helped the Canadian government to claim the region between Ontario and the Pacific Ocean.

The school is part of a Heritage agreement certificate (as of 2003) which keeps it from being demolished, abandoned or undergoing significant architectural changes.

In 1912, a small spur line built by the Canadian Northern Railway branched off the Oak Point Subdivision at Grosse Isle heading north.

This first year, the railway reached a gravel pit, possibly to supply future or existing railbeds.

The next year, this new local line reached through the Argyle and Brant Districts, ending at Woodroyd, Manitoba.

Eventually, the line was built to Hodgson, following a zig-zag formation to pass nearest the existing settlements.

Douglas General Store, blacksmith shop, railway station, elevator, stock yards, section master's house and were built.

Argyle is home to North American Rail Products Inc, a railway supplier company with locations in Delta, British Columbia, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania and Emburn, Ontario.

In the year 2000, the Brant-Argyle Homecoming was celebrated with three days of events including a parade, social/dance, breakfast and historic displays.