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This municipality was named for a body of water, Shoal Lake, situated within it.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Yellowhead (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake (15 August 1881)
Amalgamated with Shoal Lake (1 January 2011)
Amalgamated with Strathclair (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities
Birtle, Blanshard, Hamiota, Miniota, Park, Rossburn, Strathclair
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
570.76
Year
Total
1891
800
1901
1221
1911
1148
1921
1603
1931
1747
1941
1647
1951
1513
1956
1444
1961
1327
1966
1286
1971
1110
1976
945
1981
846
1986
795
1991
703
1996
621
2001
578
2006
555
2011
1229
Term
Reeve
1881-1884
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1884-1893
John Menzies
1894-1896
George Manson
1897
John Simpson
1898-1899
John Menzies (1852-1933)
1900
John Simpson
1901
John Menzies (1852-1933)
1902-1903
Francis Simpson (1855-1940)
1904
John Simpson
1905-1906
John Menzies (1852-1933)
1907-1922
William John Short (1865-1939)
1923-1927
Charles S. Stevenson
1928-1932
William John Short (1865-1939)
1933-1941
Albert J. McLeod
1942-1947
Malcolm McKinnon (1894-1947)
1948-1951
Knox Shust
1952-1985
Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)
1985-1989
J. R. “Dick” Edmundson (?-2012)
1990-1992
R. Murray Jenkins (c1927-2015)
1993-1998
Kenneth Ewachewski (?-2010)
1999-2014
Donald Yanick
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Shoal Lake.
Go here for a list of history books for Shoal Lake.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Malcolm Bell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 September 2018
