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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
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
1908
Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1909
Stefan Sigurdsson (1864-1917)
1910-1914
Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1915-1919
Jon Sigurdson (1870-1935)
1920
Robert James Wood (1886-1954)
1921
Jon Sigurdson (1870-1935)
1922-1926
Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1927-1928
Bjorn I. Sigvaldason
1929-1930
Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1950)
1931-1932
Bjorn I. Sigvaldason
1933-1939
Bjarnthor J. Lifman
1940-1949
Snaebjorn S. Johnson
1950-1978
Sigurdur G. Wopnford
1979-1980
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1980-1986
Gunnar Eythor Helgason (1922-2007)
1986-1995
1996
Lorne Floyd
1997-2014
Harold J. Foster
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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Maps
Bifrost (2001) |
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 January 2022
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