Manitoba Communities: Eriksdale (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for Jonas Erik Erikson, who is believed to have been the first Swedish settler in this area.

Present Status	Municipality of West Interlake (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Eriksdale (22 March 1918) Amalgamated with Siglunes (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Armstrong, Coldwell, Fisher, Grahamdale, Siglunes
Constituent Communities	Deerhorn, Eriksdale, Scotch Bay
Land Area (square km)	784.76

Population

Year	Total
1901	42
1911	1099
1921	2410
1931	1469
1941	1364
1951	1301
1956	1311
1961	1173
1966	1130
1971	1066
1976	1012
1981	1017
1986	1045
1991	977
1996	942
2001	889
2006	911
2011	846

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1919	A. F. Forsythe
1920-1921	Charles Simpson
1922-1926	James Forsythe
1927-1928	James Spence
1929-1930	A. J. Morton
1931-1933	S. D. B. Stephanson
1934-1935	George Slaughter
1936-1947	John Lindell
1948-1949	Mrs. M. E. Allen
1950-1951	John Sigurdson
1952-1953	Daniel McFadyen
1954-1969	G. R. Duncan
1970-1989	Gordon K. Smith
1990-1993	Robert Samuel “Bob” Lundale (1924-2003)
1993-2006	David McLelland (1940-2012)
2006-2010	Brian Joseph McKinnon (1948-2010)
2010-2014	Arne Lindell
2015	See West Interlake

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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: 4 November 2019