Manitoba Communities: Shell River (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the Shell River that flows through it.

Present Status	Municipality of Roblin (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Shell River (22 December 1883) Amalgamation of Hillsburg, Roblin and Shell River (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Hillsburg, Shellmouth-Boulton
Constituent Communities	Boggy Creek, Deepdale, Makaroff, Roblin, San Clara, Silverwood, Tummel, Walkerburn, Zelena
Land Area (square km)	1027.65

Population

Year	Total
1951	2223
1956	2099
1961	1837
1966	1668
1971	1435
1976	1271
1981	1161
1986	1222
1991	1165
1996	1039
2001	991
2006	931
2011	1084

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1887	Alexander Stewart
1888	Henry Gill
1889-1895	Alexander Stewart
1896-1897	James Richardson
1898-1904	Alexander Stewart
1905	John A. Gill
1906-1908	John Arnott
1909	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)
1910-1911	R. W. McBride
1912	Robert Rae (1867-1951)
1913	W. J. Dunlop
1914-1917	Robert Rae (1867-1951)
1918-1920	John Arnott
1921-1938	Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)
1939	T. L. Dillon
1940-1947	M. A. Clarke
1948-1949	Alfred G. Diamond
1950-1955	M. A. Clarke
1956-1983	F. H. Wilson
1984-1986	Mervyn G. Mickelson
1987-2014	Albert Nabe
2015	See Roblin

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: 5 August 2019