Manitoba Communities: Shellmouth (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named Shellmouth because the mouth of the Shell River at the Assiniboine River occurred in its area.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Shellmouth (1 December 1907) Amalgamated with Boulton into Rural Municipality of Shellmouth-Boulton (1 January 1999)
Adjoining Municipalities	Boulton, Russell, Shell River
Constituent Communities	Asessippi, Dropmore, Endcliffe, Inglis, Lennard, Shellmouth
Land Area (square km)	?

Population

Year	Total
1901	451
1911	1114
1921	1567
1931	1884
1941	1645
1951	1572
1956	1502
1961	1460
1966	1294
1971	1033
1976	958
1981	886
1986	805
1991	760
1996	?

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1908-1919	Thomas McLennan
1920	John McEwan
1921	Thomas McLennan
1922-1925	John McEwan
1926-1963	Edwin Henry “Harry” Armstrong (1889-1964)
1964-1975	H. M. Keay (?-2009)
1976-1992	Edgar Arnold Mench (1926-2017)
1993-1998	Alvin Zimmer

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 November 2017