• About Us
  Information

  Office Address and Hours
  Personnel Directory
  Frequently Asked Questions
  What is the MHS?
  MHS Committees
  Affiliated Societies
  History of the MHS
  Annual Reports
  

  Get Involved

  Membership
  Donations
  Volunteering
  

  ---

  Online Shop
  Members Area
  

  
• Programs
  Activities

  Field Trips
  Multicultural Dinners
  Prairie History
  Fundraising Dinners
  Homes of Famous Manitobans
  

  Awards

  Lieutenant Governor's Award
  Centennial Business
  Centennial Farm
  Centennial Organization
  Other Awards
  

  ---

  Application Forms
  

  
• Prairie History
  Information

  How to Buy
  Current Issue
  Upcoming Issue
  Advertising
  Contributor Guidelines
  Letters to the Editor
  Manitoba History
  

  Archives

  Issue No. 89 (Spring 2019)
  Issue No. 88 (Winter 2018)
  Issue No. 87 (Summer 2018)
  All Back Issues
  Embargo
  

  ---

  Members Area
  

  
• MHS Resources
  Members Area

  Login
  Request Login Account
  

  Publications

  Prairie History
  Manitoba History
  Manitoba Pageant
  MHS Transactions
  

  ---

  Local History Books
  Other History Books
  

  Features

  Manitoba 150
  Historic Sites of Manitoba
  Memorable Manitobans
  War Memorials in Manitoba
  History in Winnipeg Street Names
  History in Manitoba School Names
  Manitoba Communities
  Manitoba Photographers
  Walking Tours
  Personal Memoirs
  Manitoba Bricks and Blocks
  Events in Manitoba History
  1911 Census Data
  Other Features
  

  Education

  Resources
  

  
• Contact Us

Manitoba Communities: Lac du Bonnet (Rural Municipality)

Link to:
Population | Mayors / Reeves | Memorable Manitobans | Historic Sites | History Books | Maps | Contact Information | Sources

This municipality was named for the fur trade post of Lac-du-Bonnet House.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet (6 April 1912)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet (6 April 1912)
Adjoining Municipalities	Alexander | Brokenhead | Lac du Bonnet (Town) | Pinawa | St. Clements | Whitemouth
Constituent Communities	Brightstone, Lac du Bonnet, Lee River, Lowland, McArthur Falls, Milner Ridge, Seddons Corner, Spring Well, Wendigo
Land Area (square km)	1100.98

Population

Year	Total
1911	1229
1921	2141
1931	2614
1941	3164
1951	2201
1956	2103
1961	2183
1966	2012
1971	2195
1976	2365
1981	2239
1986	2189
1991	2231
1996	2280
2001	2405
2006	2812
2011	2930
2016	3121

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1912-1917	?
1918	Hans Johnson
1919-1920	Frank Allard
1921-1923	Oscar Petterson
1924-1933	Rudolphe Robidoux
1934-1941	Alexander R. Salter
1942-1945	Omer Lavoie
1946-1959	E. Wojciechowski
1960-1965	H. Olensky
1966-1975	Walter Zarecki (1922-2010)
1975-1978	C. Leo Drabyk
1979-1980	?
1981-1983	George Ylonen (1931-2014)
1984-1986	Rene Lavoie
1987-1989	C. Leo Drabyk
1990-1992	Rene Lavoie
1993-1998	Dave Marion
1999-2001	Dorothy Marvella Boznianin (1938-2018)
2002-2008	Don Halbert
2009-?	Rick Lussier
?-2014	Gus Wruck
2015-2018	Cathie Brereton
2018-?	Loren Schinkel

Memorable Manitobans

Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Lac du Bonnet:

Custom Search

Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Lac du Bonnet.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Lac du Bonnet.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Obituary [Dorothy Boznianin], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 2018.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2020