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This municipality was probably so named because the Souris River flows through it.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Municipality of Riverside (22 December 1883)
Unincorporated and combined into Turtle Mountain (?)
Portion reincorporated as Municipality of Riverside (16 November 1896)
Amalgamated with Strathcona (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Morton, Oakland, South Cypress, Strathcona, Turtle Mountain, Whitewater
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
577.34
Year
Total
1881
2335
1891
1338
1901
1595
1911
1809
1921
1558
1931
1726
1941
1686
1951
1546
1956
1414
1961
1354
1966
1275
1971
1254
1976
1081
1981
979
1986
954
1991
883
1996
874
2001
856
2006
809
2011
780
Term
Reeve
1883-1886
?
1886-1888
James Johnson (1855-1929)
1888-1889
Robert Smith
1889-1896
?
1896-1898
John Snelgrove
1899-1908
William Coulthard
1908-1909
Robert Squires
1909-1912
W. E. Thompson
1912-1922
A. M. Arnott
1922-1924
James Hardwick
1924-1935
William Fleming
1935-1967
Felix Fitzpatrick (1895-1967)
1967-1978
George T. Cuvelier
1978-1980
?
1980-1986
Harry Garabed
1986-1992
Alphee Labossiere
1992-2005
Peter T. Heide
2005-2006
?
2006-?
Roger Renaud
?-2014
Lonn Dunlop
2015
See Prairie Lakes
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Riverside.
Go here for a list of history books for Riverside.
“New municipalities,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 November 1896, page 5.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 February 2023
