Pointe du Bois, Manitoba

Pointe du Bois is a small community located northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in an unincorporated section of Census Division No.

In April 2013 its owner, Manitoba Hydro announced that it will close the community by 2015 and level it to the ground at a later date.

The crown corporation cites the high cost of maintaining municipal infrastructure as the primary reason for its decision.

Beginning in late 1911 a series of a gasoline trams and rail buses provided most passenger service.

In 1906, The City of Winnipeg Hydro Electric System (City Hydro) was formed as a publicly owned utility to check the power monopoly held by the privately owned Winnipeg Electric railway company (WERCo).