Manitoba Communities: Mossey River (Rural Municipality)

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This municipality is named for a river that flows through it.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Mossey River (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Mossey River (1 May 1906) Amalgamated with Winnipegosis (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Dauphin, Ethelbert, Lakeshore, Mountain, Ste. Rose
Constituent Communities	Fishing River, Fork River, Oak Brae, Ukraina, Volga, Winnipegosis
Land Area (square km)	1123.94

Population

Year	Total
1901	1479
1911	2399
1921	2681
1931	2674
1941	2838
1951	2314
1956	2156
1961	1918
1966	1707
1971	1438
1976	1202
1981	1061
1986	907
1991	819
1996	752
2001	686
2006	614
2011	1186
2016	1145

Reeves / Heads of Council

Term	Reeve
1906-1908	T. H. Whale
1909-1911	J. P. Grenon
1912-1913	Fred B. Lacey
1914	William King
1915-1918	Fred B. Lacey
1919	Thomas B. Venables
1920-1923	John D. Robertson
1924	George E. Basham
1925-1927	Peter Melnyk
1928-1936	A. E. Ogryzlo
1937-1938	Karl Fortney
1939-1940	William Berkis
1941-1942	John Pokotylo
1943-1944	William Berkis
1945-1952	John L. Solomon
1953-1971	M. J. Harrison
1972	?
1973-1986	Nick Pakaluk
1987-1998	Ben Bornn
1999-2005	Edward Pakulak
2006	?
2007-?	Ron Kostyshyn
?-2014	Larry Zurba
2015-?	Kate Basford

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.

Memoirs “From the Past”: Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Mossey River History Book Committee, 1999. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.M69 Mem]

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 March 2017