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This municipality was named for an Aboriginal word meaning “meeting place.”
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Odanah (22 December 1883)
Amalgamation of Minto and Odanah (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Elton, Langford, Minto, North Cypress, Rosedale, Saskatchewan
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
380.25
Year
Total
1891
700
1896
1012
1901
930
1911
1170
1921
1335
1931
1278
1941
1120
1951
936
1956
899
1961
806
1966
780
1971
702
1976
612
1981
566
1986
544
1991
519
1996
553
2001
505
2006
540
2011
533
Term
Reeve
1883-1887
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1887-1889
John Forsyth (1837-1918)
1889-1894
John T. Wilson
1894-1899
Thomas Henry Jackson (1854-1929)
1899-1901
Isaac Bolton
1901-1902
R. T. Sanderson
1902-1904
D. F. Maxwell
1904-1910
John Allan
1910-1916
Andrew Allan
1916-1918
John Allan
1918-1926
Norman P. Shuttleworth (1881-1962)
1926-1947
Andrew Jamieson
1947-1951
Charles Lemington Shuttleworth (1910-2006)
1951-1963
Harry Charles
1963-1970
R. D. Stewart
1970-1978
Hans Andersen (?-c2008)
1978-1980
Roy Johnson
1980-1986
H. G. Musselwhite (?-c2007)
1986-1998
Hilding W. Alex (?-c2007)
1998-2001
Marion G. Sharpe
2001-2014
James A. Andersen
2015
See Minto-Odanah
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Odanah:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Odanah.
Go here for a list of history books for Odanah.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Early Days of Minnedosa by Mrs. E. J. Brown, MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1964-65 Season
We thank Darryl Holyk and Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2022
