Manitoba Communities: Napinka (Unincorporated Village)

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This municipality was alleged to have been named for an Aboriginal word meaning either “two” or “mitts.”

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Brenda (1 January 1986)
Incorporation History	Village of Napinka (1 May 1908) Dissolved (1 January 1986)
Adjoining Municipalities	Brenda
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1911	326
1916	347
1921	299
1926	291
1931	289
1936	236
1941	255
1946	240
1951	222
1956	181
1961	178
1966	191
1971	135
1976	151
1981	132

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1909	Andrew Earnest Slater (1861-1939)
1910	Rufus Cates
1911-1912	M. S. Drewitt
1913	James Burnett
1914	Andrew Earnest Slater (1861-1939)
1915-1916	W. H. McHattie
1917-1919	Fred Tweedley
1920-1921	R. J. Webb
1922-1923	Joseph Anderson
1924-1925	William J. Ronaghan
1926-1927	R. B. Milton
1928	James Burnett
1929	George Reith
1930	William J. Ronaghan
1931	J. W. Elsey
1932	N. Pickard
1933-1937	H. M. Houck
1938-1943	T. A. Taylor
1944-1947	H. M. Houck
1948-1953	R. R. Lamont
1954-1960	L. A. Green
1961-1966	R. R. Lamont
1967-1968	C. W. Graham
1968-1973	C. M. Richardson
1974	W. E. Yeomans
1975	C. M. Richardson
1976-1977	K. R. Burtle
1978-1980	L. A. Green
1981-1983	F. Sturch
1983-1985	Lloyd Gould

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Historic Sites

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 April 2017