Manitoba Communities: Ochre River (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Lakeshore (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Ochre River (18 November 1901) Amalgamation of Lawrence and Ochre River (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Dauphin, McCreary, Ste. Rose
Constituent Communities	Makinak, Ochre River
Land Area (square km)	535.59

Population

Year	Total
1901	712
1911	1093
1921	1764
1931	1585
1941	1731
1951	1706
1956	1583
1961	1391
1966	1238
1971	1152
1976	1085
1981	1110
1986	1032
1991	991
1996	980
2001	952
2006	929
2011	945

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1902-1903	R. Morrison
1904	E. J. Oliver
1905-1908	William Ritchie
1909-1911	Clark Rose
1912	G. S. Poole
1913-1914	Clark Rose
1915-1919	J. N. Campbell
1920-1925	John Howson
1926-1931	Donald J. Hill
1932	John L. Rose
1933-1935	William R. Boles
1936-1945	John L. Rose
1946-1953	Dr. Finlay McLennan
1954-1959	Selby Victor Fordham (1888-1959)
1960-1976	Alexander Wilfred Smith
1977-1978	John L. Sametz
1979-1980	?
1981-1983	Thomas B. Smart
1984-1985	John L. Sametz
1986-1998	Bernard Kardoes
1999-2001	Laurie MacMillan
2002-?	Raymond Janssen
?-2014	Clinton Cleave
2015	See Lakeshore

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 April 2017