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Manitoba Communities: Pinawa (Local Government District)

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This municipality is named for an Indigenous word meaning “slow, calm, or gentle.”

Present Status	Local Government District of Pinawa (4 January 1962)
Incorporation History	Local Government District of Pinawa (4 January 1962)
Land Area (square km)	128.54

Population

Year	Total
1966	1339
1971	2187
1976	2080
1981	2011
1986	2078
1991	1806
1996	1672
2001	1500
2006	1450
2011	1444
2016	1504

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1962	C. G. Kirby
1963-1967	E. A. W. Lundman
1968-1974	H. D. Spray
1975	R. A. Dale
1976-1986	J. Howard Gilmour
1987-1995	Marvin Ryz
1996-1998	M. Lorne Swanson
1999-2005	Leonard Simpson
2006	?
2007-?	Blair Skinner

Memorable Manitobans

Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Pinawa:

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Historic Sites

Go here for a list of historic sites in Pinawa.

History Books

Go here for a list of history books for Pinawa.

Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 April 2017