It is located along the east bank of the Red River, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) south of Winnipeg.

It was named after Adolphe Turner, who made a large donation to the local church.

In 1857, the Parish of St. Norbert was founded which encompassed the then settlements of Pointe-Coupée (now St. Adolphe) and Point-à-Grouette (now Ste.

The post office was opened in 1891, under the name of Dubuc, which changed to St. Adolphe two years later.

In 1906, a group of French nuns from the Filles de la Croix order opened a Roman Catholic convent and school at St. Adolphe which would come to greatly influence the town.

The convent was the site of a reported miracle in 1922, when one of the Sisters, stricken with tuberculosis and near death, miraculously recovered after several days of prayer.

The former convent served as a personal care home until 2013, at which time it was replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility in the neighbouring town of Niverville.

[12][13][14] [15] St. Adolphe is serviced by a post office, an indoor hockey arena and community centre, a curling club, two churches, a pharmacy, multiple local businesses and the R.M.

The Pierre Delorme Bridge, the only local crossing over the Red River, links the town with Highway 75 1.4 kilometres (0.87 miles) to the west using PR 210.

St. Adolphe is protected by a ring dyke as the community lies in the Red River Valley, a region prone to major flooding.

Found 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) north of the town, it boasts a large corn maze, six ziplines and other activities.