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Established as a stop on the CNR Harte Subdivision in 1908, the community was named for Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, Chairman of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Present Status
Riverdale Municipality (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Village of Rivers (16 November 1910)
Town of Rivers (10 September 1913)
Amalgamation of Daly and Rivers (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
7.97
Year
Total
1911
950
1916
712
1921
857
1926
829
1931
724
1936
663
1941
802
1946
657
1951
1209
1956
1422
1961
1574
1966
1685
1971
1175
1976
1185
1981
1107
1986
1157
1991
1076
1996
1117
2001
1119
2006
1193
2011
1189
Term
Mayor
1917
D. C. Johanson
1918-1920
Joseph E. Thompson
1921
H. Wareham
1922-1923
E. J. Forman
1924-1925
Robert George Sinclair (1884-?)
1926-1939
R. N. Dunsmore
1940-1949
E. E. Grant
1950-1951
Robert George Sinclair (1884-?)
1952-1955
James R. Stratford
1956-1971
Frank D. Taylor
1972
?
1973-1974
J. J. Morrow
1975-1977
William Donald
1978
W. C. White
1979-1980
?
1981-1983
W. G. Donald
1984-1986
Douglas H. Gill
1987-2001
Leroy Stevenson
2002-2005
David E. Oakey
2006-2010
Al Morken
2011-2014
Todd Gill
After 2015
See Riverdale
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Rivers:
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Rivers.
Go here for a list of history books for Rivers.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 May 2017
