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Niverville’s English and Scottish pioneers arrived here during the early 1870s. From 1874 to 1878, as part of the Mennonite East Reserve, it served as an entrance point for some 3,000 Mennonite settlers who came to southeastern Manitoba. In 1877, the Canadian Pacific Railway chose to name this sparsely populated area after Chevalier Boucher de Niverville, an officer of the company of Legardeur de St. Pierre, who succeeded La Verendrye in charge of western posts. In 1878, a plan for the town was registered by William Hespeler on 30 acres in the northwest quarter of 30-7-4E. The next year, Hespeler constructed the community’s first hotel and the first grain elevator in western Canada. The first post office opened in May 1879 and a school followed in 1884. Presbyterian church services commenced in 1885.
Present Status
Town of Niverville (1 January 1993)
Incorporation History
Village of Niverville (1 January 1969)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
8.69
Year
Total
1971
938
1976
1251
1981
1329
1986
1452
1991
1514
1996
1731
2001
1921
2006
2464
2011
3540
2016
4610
2021
5947
Term
Mayor
1969-1978
William Kuzenko
1978-1980
?
1980-1995
Gilbert Lawrence Wiebe (c1946-2010)
1995-2001
Clarence Braun
2001-2006
Gordon Daman
2006-?
Greg Fehr
?-2018
?
2018-?
Myron Dyck
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
