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Manitoba Communities: Charleswood (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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The basis for the name of this municipality is unclear. Some sources indicate it was named by people from St. Charles, the area across the Assiniboine River, who crossed to cut wood here. It has also been suggested the name was given in commemoration of Charles Kelly, the only one of five sons of early settler Patrick H. Kelly who remained in the area and developed building lots in it.

Present Status	City of Winnipeg (1 January 1972)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Charleswood (15 February 1913)
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1901	450
1911	701
1921	869
1931	1226
1941	1934
1951	3680
1956	4982
1961	6243
1966	7373
1971	12180

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1913	George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1914-1916	William Cyrenius Hall (1862-1920)
1917-1926	George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1927-1928	Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1929-1930	Frank Allen Sparrow (1878-1967)
1931	Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1932	George Thomas Chapman (1861-1940)
1933-1935	Thomas McKnight (1873-1939)
1936-1945	Arnold Parkin (1891-1948)
1946-1953	John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)
1954-1955	James F. Cox
1956-1959	John Holmes Cathcart (1892-1959)
1960-1963	C. F. Hayward
1964-1965	Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)
1966-1971	Arthur Thomas Moug (1926-2003)
1972	Merged into Winnipeg

Sources:

Manitoba Gazette, 1913-1971. Manitoba Legislative Library.

An Act to Amend The Municipal Boundaries Act, Statutes of Manitoba, 3 George V, 1913, Chapter 41, page 133.

“Charleswood’s isolation charms people,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1971, page 22.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Cyril Doherty for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 May 2017