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This municipality was named for the Little Saskatchewan River (also known as the Minnedosa River) that flows through it.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Oakview (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Saskatchewan (22 December 1883)
Amalgamation of Blanshard, Rapid City and Saskatchewan (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Basswood, Gauthier, Moline, Oak River, Pettapiece, Rapid City, Riverdale, Varcoe
Land Area (square km)
563.73
Year
Total
1891
720
1896
1290
1901
1121
1911
1532
1921
1613
1931
1517
1941
1470
1951
1294
1956
1224
1961
1099
1966
1047
1971
922
1976
867
1981
789
1986
771
1991
677
1996
661
2001
639
2006
593
2011
570
Term
Reeve
1883-1886
Gregor McGregor (1845-1933)
1887-1890
Peter Campbell
1891-1898
Gregor McGregor (1845-1933)
1899-1906
Edward Soldan (1854-1927)
1907-1918
A. B. St. John
1919-1922
Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)
1923-1951
Roland Porter (1873-1957)
1952
Howard Melvin Spearin (1883-1952)
1952-1956
W. A. Horner
1957-1959
Fred Porter
1960-1980
Edward Duncan “Ed” Menzies (1923-1980)
1980-1983
Arthur G. Bayes
1983-2002
Clayton Murray (1936-2019)
2002-2014
Robert Sharpe
2015
See Oakview
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Go here for a list of historic sites in the former RM of Saskatchewan.
Go here for a list of history books for the former RM of Saskatchewan.
“Gregor McGregor dies in 88th year,” Rapid City Reporter, 15 February 1933, page 1.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Margaret Bell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 October 2021
