Manitoba Communities: Dauphin (Rural Municipality)
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This municipality takes its name from Fort Dauphin, a fur trade post established on the shore of nearby Lake Dauphin by La Verendrye in 1741.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Dauphin (26 November 1897)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Dauphin (26 November 1897)
Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Dauphin (City), Fishing River, Keld, North Junction, Paulson, Sifton, Sifton Junction, Trembowla, Valley River
Land Area (square km)
1516.10
Population
Year
Total
1901
3239
1911
4048
1921
6059
1931
5622
1941
6069
1951
4533
1956
4345
1961
3949
1966
3547
1971
3166
1976
3042
1981
2943
1986
2854
1991
2669
1996
2488
2001
2273
2006
2328
2011
2200
2016
2388
Reeves
Term
Reeve
1898-1899
S. Geekie
1900
J. McCallum
1901
H. N. Macneill
1902
J. McCallum
1903-1905
John Seale
1906-1907
Robert Cruise (1868-1932)
1908-1909
William B. Miller
1910-1912
Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)
1913-1916
James Norton
1917-1921
George L. Castle
1922
Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)
1923-1927
Henry McCorvie
1928-1939
Walter J. Wickes
1940-1943
Michael F. Szewczyk (1904-1999)
1944-1945
John Potoski (1903-1983)
1946-1947
William Cruise
1948-1980
John Potoski (1903-1983)
1981-1986
Russell A. Phillips
1987-1989
Russell D. Secord (?-2014)
1990-1995
A. Ernest Bayduza
1996-2005
George Richardson
2006
?
2007-?
Dennis Forbes
?-?
?
?-?
Ronald E. Ryz
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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History Books
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Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 October 2018
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