Manitoba Communities: Silver Creek (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the Silver Creek that flows through it.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Silver Creek (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Shellmouth-Boulton (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Birtle, Ellice, Rossburn, Russell, Shellmouth-Boulton
Constituent Communities	Angusville, Silverton
Land Area (square km)	525.46

Population

Year	Total
1901	855
1911	1321
1921	1797
1931	1837
1941	1728
1951	1391
1956	1346
1961	1188
1966	1070
1971	957
1976	808
1981	696
1986	680
1991	594
1996	567
2001	532
2006	483
2011	460

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1884-1894	William S. Crerar
1895-1900	Otto Seebach
1901-1905	William S. Crerar
1906	Otto Seebach
1907-1908	W. H. Lang
1909-1914	Peter Hyde (1848-1915)
1915-1920	George Phizacklea
1921-1922	James A. Bell
1923-1927	John Crerar
1928-1935	R. J. Coulter
1936-1937	David Hall
1938-1939	John Hyde
1940-1941	David George Nield (1876-1963)
1942-1943	John Peddie
1944-1945	David George Nield (1876-1963)
1946-1948	Michael Gallant
1949-1959	R. J. Nield
1960-1966	M. F. Siwak
1967-1983	John Katchin
1984-1989	Mervin Dunn
1990-1991	R. Allan Rowland
1992-2005	William J. Kalyniak
2006-2014	Fred N. Dunn

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: 1 April 2017