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This municipality along the west shore of Lake Manitoba is named for surveyor Alonsa Phillips, who is said to have surveyed the site for the village of Alonsa after the Canadian National Railway line arrived in this area in 1922.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Alonsa (1 January 1997)
Incorporation History
Local Government District of Alonsa (1 January 1945)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Alonsa, Amaranth, Bacon Ridge, Bluff Creek, Byng, Cayer, Eddystone, Harcus, Kinosota, Lonely Lake, Mellonville, Moore Dale, Portia, Reedy Creek, Reykajavik, Shergrove, Silver Ridge, Sunville
Land Area (square km)
2977.50
Year
Total
1951
3442
1956
3611
1961
3493
1966
3592
1971
3394
1976
2476
1981
2315
1986
2330
1991
1952
1996
1769
2001
1641
2006
1446
2011
1270
2016
1247
2021
1210
Term
Reeve
1960-1975
Max Hryciuk [Administrator]
1975-1977
Walter Protrebka
1977-1981
John Thompson
1981-1989
Bjarni Sigurdson
1989-2001
Stan Asham
2001-2005
Craig Marr
2005-2022
Stan Asham
2022-?
Tom Anderson
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See also:
“Manitoba’s place names,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 February 1947, page 3.
Rainbow's End: Kinosota - Alonsa District, Alonsa Book Committee, 1985, Manitoba Legislative Library F5648.A46.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Pamela Sul for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
