Pipestone, Manitoba

Pipestone is a community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.

Located at the corner of Highways 2 and 83, Pipestone is approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from either Virden or Melita, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the United States border and approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the Saskatchewan border.

It is mainly an agricultural area with some oil drilling nearby.

[2] A very large, violent, multi-vortex tornado touched down in Pipestone on June 23, 2007.

Pipestone was the birthplace of John Hamilton Roberts, who commanded the landing forces in the Dieppe Raid in 1942.