Manitoba Communities: Bifrost (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The name of this municipality comes from Norse mythology, being the name of the bridge that warriors cross from this life to the hereafter; only those who met death in battle could walk the Bifrost to Asgard, the home of the gods.

Present Status	Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Bifrost (1 December 1907) Amalgamated with Riverton (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Armstrong, Fisher, Gimli
Constituent Communities	Arborg, Finns, Geysir, Hnausa, Jaroslaw, Ledwyn, Morweena, Okno, Riverton, Rosenburg, Shorncliffe, Washow Bay
Land Area (square km)	1642.58

Population

Year	Total
1901	1392
1911	2649
1921	5732
1931	4275
1941	4301
1951	3066
1956	2930
1961	2909
1966	2051
1971	1986
1976	2819
1981	2691
1986	2671
1991	2750
1996	2851
2001	2967
2006	2972
2011	2976

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1907-1908	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1908-1909	Stefan Sigurdsson (1864-1917)
1909-1914	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1914-1919	Jon Sigurdson (1870-1935)
1919-1920	Robert James Wood (1886-1954)
1920-1921	Jon Sigurdson (1870-1935)
1921-1926	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1926-1928	Bjorn I. Sigvaldason
1928-1930	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1930-1932	Bjorn I. Sigvaldason
1932-1939	Bjarnthor J. Lifman
1939-1949	Snaebjorn S. Johnson
1949-1978	Sigurdur G. Wopnford
1978-1980	?
1980-1986	Gunnar Eythor Helgason (1922-2007)
1986-1995	David Gislason
1995-1996	Lorne Floyd
1996-2015	Harold Jacob Foster (1939-2024)

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Historic Sites

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 June 2024