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Manitoba Communities: Oak Lake (Unincorporated Town)

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Population | Mayors / Reeves | Memorable Manitobans | Historic Sites | History Books | Photos & Maps | Sources

This village is named for a nearby lake.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Sifton (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Town of Oak Lake (15 June 1907) Amalgamation of Oak Lake and Sifton (1 January 2015)
Land Area (square km)	2.73

Population

Year	Total
1911	449
1916	468
1921	500
1926	489
1931	473
1936	454
1941	464
1946	479
1951	467
1956	471
1961	430
1966	389
1971	342
1976	367
1981	369
1986	399
1991	350
1996	369
2001	359
2006	363
2011	383

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1908-1909	Robin L. Hood
1910-1912	A. A. Cameron
1913-1915	James Black
1916-1917	A. S. Thompson
1918	James Lind
1919	W. W. McCubbin
1920-1921	Alexander Jack
1922-1924	Thomas Sandell (1873-?)
1925-1926	Ephriam Ure Steen (1862-1926)
1927	Percy Walter Paul (1879-1963)
1928-1929	Alexander Jack
1930-1932	Phillip Arthur Jackson (1881-1960)
1933-1934	Arthur Cooper
1935-1946	Adam S. Stewart
1947-1952	Peter Anderson Jr.
1953-1958	Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
1959-1960	Percy Walter Paul (1879-1963)
1961-1971	Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
1972-1977	Allan Sigurdson (?-c2005)
1978	Walter Cheslock
1979-1980	?
1981-1986	Gordon Bell
1987-1992	Louis Schwindt
1993-1995	Kerry Smith
1996-2003	Louis Schwindt
2004	?
2005-2014	Jeff Sigurdson
2015	See Sifton

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Oak Lake.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Oak Lake.

Maps

Sources:

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 December 2018