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This village was named for a series of waterfalls on the nearby Winnipeg River prior to construction of hydroelectric dams.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Alexander (1 January 1997)
Incorporation History
Village of Great Falls (circa 1928)
Dissolved (1 January 1973)Land Area (square km)
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Year
Total
1931
103
1936
121
1941
108
1946
101
1951
94
1956
150
1961
164
1966
255
1971
199
Term
Mayor
1928-1971
Kenneth William Campbell “K.C.” Fergusson (1894-1973)
1972
Clifford Eric Anderson (1928-2012)
1973
Municipality dissolved
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"Great Falls," by Pearl Warren, Springfield Leader, 16 May 1972, page 3.
Legislative Counsel proclamation files (J 0369), Proclamation #799 - Municipal Act (Disorganize the Village of Great Falls), GR5717, Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003A), Order-in-Council No. 17/1973, GR3442, Archives of Manitoba.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Obituary [Clifford Eric Anderson], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 August 2012, page 27.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 December 2019
