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This municipality was named by settler William H. Sowden after his estate “The Glen” in Ontario which was surrounded by woods.
Present Status
Municipality of Souris-Glenwood (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Glenwood (22 December 1883)
Amalgamated with Souris (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Beverley, Bunclody, Griffin, Hayfield, Hebron, Menteith, Newstead, Page, Schwitzer, Souris
Land Area (square km)
577.58
Year
Total
1891
1473
1896
1358
1901
2072
1911
1446
1921
1424
1931
1493
1941
1236
1951
1063
1956
989
1961
930
1966
953
1971
809
1976
839
1981
841
1986
708
1991
722
1996
710
2001
697
2006
640
2011
602
Term
Reeve
1883-1887
John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)
1887-1888
William Smith
1888-1889
John Smith Hitchcock (1858-1938)
1889-1891
?
1891-1893
William Herriot (1843-1927)
1893-1894
?
1894-1895
Anthony James Hughes (1859-1937)
1895-1896
Robert Isaac Crisp (1849-1927)
1896-1898
?
1898-1899
Robert Isaac Crisp (1849-1927)
1899-1900
?
1900-1902
Anthony James Hughes (1859-1937)
1902-1903
Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-?)
1903-1904
Andrew Wellington Gerow (1853-1923)
1904-1905
George Kerr
1905-1910
John M. Perdue
1910-1920
Andrew Wellington Gerow (1853-1923)
1920-1925
John M. Perdue
1925-1931
George Brown
1931-1935
William McCulloch
1935-1945
Mark W. Janz
1945-1953
William J. Barclay
1953-1967
Llewelyn Brychan “Chappie” Powell
1967-1978
David L. Barclay
1978-1980
?
1980-1983
Mark E. Janz
1983-1989
A. Roy Lovatt
1989-2001
Douglas C. Denning
2001-2014
Malcolm E. “Sandy” Sanderson
2015
See Souris-Glenwood
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Glenwood:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Glenwood.
Go here for a list of history books for Glenwood.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
The People of Souris and Glenwood from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present by Souris and District Heritage Club Inc., 2006.
Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 September 2018
