Bissett, Manitoba

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Bissett is a community on Rice Lake in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The town was named after the respected physician, surgeon and politician Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett, Liberal Progressive Member of Parliament for Springfield from September 1926 until July 1930.

Gold was discovered in the community in 1911, and was a steady industry for many years. The community was recognized in 1972, and is represented by a mayor and council. The 1996 population was 159. A new mining project was started near the town in 2005.