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This town is named for the nearby shale mound which was used as a navigational landmark by generations of travellers on the featureless prairie.
An Order-in-Council was issued on 27 June 1883 incorporating the Village of Pilot Mound. James M. Fraser was elected as Mayor, with James Beveridge, A. McDougall, and Robert Snowball elected as the first Councillors. D. A. Stewart was appointed Secretary-Treasurer. In 1882, W. A. Donald opened a law office and, the next year in partnership with J. M. Fraser, he started a private bank. A. B. Elford, who had a share in the town site and who was a banker, came out from Winnipeg and helped to start the banking business.
Present Status
Municipality of Louise (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Pilot Mound (27 June 1883)
Village of Pilot Mound (6 May 1904)
Town of Pilot Mound (20 March 1998)
Amalgamation of Louise, Crystal City, and Pilot Mound (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
2.70
Year
Total
1906
589
1911
457
1916
407
1921
483
1926
461
1931
498
1936
496
1941
538
1946
479
1951
710
1956
785
1961
802
1966
767
1971
763
1976
730
1981
838
1986
819
1991
747
1996
716
2001
676
2006
630
2011
635
Term
Mayor
1883
James M. Fraser
1884-1903
?
1904-1907
James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)
1908-1912
Robert Dickson Ferguson (1866-1942)
1913-1914
John Gordon McLean (c1849-1916)
1915-1916
J. S. Stewart
1917-1918
George Walton Brisbin (1881-?)
1919-1923
Robert Dickson Ferguson (1866-1942)
1924-1937
Alfred E. Moore
1938-1941
J. G. McLean
1942-1945
J. C. Winram
1946-1948
Ronald Wesley “Tuck” Tuckwell (1890-1991)
1949-1950
Otto Reginald Schultz (1886-1973)
1951-1957
George E. Cohoe
1958-1965
Clifford William Landerkin (1898-1969)
1966-1969
R. M. Glenn
1970
A. K. Moore
1971
R. M. Glenn
1972
?
1973-1974
Kenneth L. Heppner
1975-1978
William Blackburn
1979-1980
?
1981-1990
C. Gordon Arbuckle
1991-1995
Tammas C. Collins
1996-2001
S. Lynn Galbraith
2002-2005
Keith Braaksma
2006
?
2007-2014
R. Brent Checkley
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Pilot Mound.
Go here for a list of history books for Pilot Mound.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Memories of Pioneer Days at Pilot Mound by Rev.William Reid, 1930.
We thank Ed Grassick and Tighe McManus for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 April 2020
