Manitoba Communities: Strathclair (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named for the village of Strathclair within it, which was allegedly named by land surveyor Duncan Sinclair, who surveyed much of the surrounding land in 1875.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Yellowhead (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Strathclair (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Shoal Lake (1 January 2011) Amalgamated with Shoal Lake (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Blanshard, Hamiota, Harrison, Park, Saskatchewan, Shoal Lake
Constituent Communities	Elphinstone, Glenforsa, Glossap, Ipswich, Menzie, Strathclair
Land Area (square km)	539.96

Population

Year	Total
1891	737
1901	1083
1911	1549
1921	2325
1931	2313
1941	2338
1951	2211
1956	2082
1961	2012
1966	1825
1971	1569
1976	1380
1981	1224
1986	1216
1991	1055
1996	1026
2001	892
2006	840
2011	744

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1883-1887	?
1887-1889	Donald McKerchar
1889-1890	Charles Geikie
1890-1891	W. L. McInnes
1891-1894	William McKay
1894-1898	Robert Morton
1898-1905	Robert Dalgarno (1859-1933)
1905-1911	C. S. Stevenson
1911-1912	J. Underhill
1912-1914	Archibald McIntyre (1866-1950)
1914-1916	?
1916-1923	Malcolm McLean
1923-1926	Archibald McIntyre (1866-1950)
1926-1928	H. T. Morton
1928-1935	Robert J. Black
1935-1937	Archibald McIntyre (1866-1950)
1937-1945	Albin Tragard
1945-1951	H. T. Morton
1951-1983	Kenneth David Rapley (1911-2002)
1983-2006	Arnold A. Pirie (c1941-2007)
2006-2007	Dianne Mistal
2007-2014	Ken Wozney

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

“Duncan Sinclair’s death,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 March 1892, page 1.

Strathclair, Manitoba: Our Story to 1984 by the Strathclair Centennial History Committee, 1984, page 394.

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 October 2024